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3 Painful Truths I Choose To Accept For My Own Good
“For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.” — Matthew 25:29.
1. More is received by those who have more every day.
The poor buy expensive flowers for the rich and pay their legal fees. Turn on your TV.
I don’t appreciate seeing more things given to people who have a lot, but it happens daily. Look at your fingers. Mine are not the same, but they aren’t that far off from yours.
My truth is that we’ll continue to have more millionaires and more poverty in the world until we pay attention to our distractions and meaningless habits.
The gap between us has been growing wider in my lifetime. As a young girl, most people bought from the same store, and most children went to public school and played on the same playground.
The secret then was that the poor took pride in their job and were busy helping each other grow with their time, energy, and money. Now, the poor helps the rich and detest one another.