Just think..
I came home last night from a party. I drove my own car, I turned off my cell phone, got out of my new clothes, took off my new shoes, jumped into a super hot shower, and hopped into my comfortable bed. I was thinking of this very rant while I was lying in my room, but then it was supposed to be about something very different. As I was lying there I thought about my time in Montreal and even Toronto when I saw people not so fortunate. Heck I saw people down on their luck, unhappy, unloved, and mistreated. It occurred to me in bed then, that I am spoiled beyond belief, we all are.
Think about it: This side of the world, or your little part of town, it is rich, it is loaded with extra little goodies that others only dream about. Can you ever imagine a little boy from Ethiopia complaining to his mom about not having the fastest Internet access? Could you imagine one of those small homeless children every throwing a fit because they couldn't get the DKNY shirt? It makes our problems seem so insignificant doesn't it?
I can't understand why this is allowed to happen. I don't understand how we can allow it to continue. And you know what really sucks? Is that I am probably one of the worst committers of this crime: I have pants galore, I have a lot of shoes, I rarely ever give to chairty (I think that is only my parents' duty) and I switch the channel every time a dying child appears on television and I PRAISE MYSELF FOR BEING SO SENSITIVE THAT SUCH A SCENE BOTHERS ME, meanwhile I do nothing about it.
Why are we all like this? I can't grasp the concept. Now some of you may think I am chanting, "Down with Capitalism!!" (I assure you I'm not). And man, I do know that Ethiopia is being a dink about receiving help, but I still don't get it. Please don't reply to this rant if you are only going to say that we as a whole, as a filthy rich whole, are right. Please don't say that we deserve our fate as the fortunate simply because we have all suffered for it. That isn't true. We don't deserve anything, and that is exactly why we should bless everyone with all that we have. Who needs a BMW when other people have so much disease in their lives that they can't even walk? Who needs pretty fashionable clothing when other people are happy to find rags to dress in. Who needs this world of mine if it means that others across the ocean, or across the street, suffer daily?
I guess I do, and you know the sad part is that I will change very little after this realization. I may volunteer at a homeless shelter or I may donate more money to charity, but I will not change my dumb ways... chances are you won't either, but for a second there wasn't it a nice thought to think that one day we would all be happy together?
- Renata