In times of economic uncertainty like the world is experiencing, it's not a surprise people are worried about giving TOO freely - we have homeless people as well after all. We have hungry, we have those who are waiting for surgeries, we have working poor who struggle daily to make ends meet but with that said, what kind of a society would we be if we didn't reach out to lend a helping hand to our fellow human beings in need?
The Philippines has been dealt a devastating blow, thousands are displaced from their homes, countless are dead and it will take years to get back to any semblance of normality. Do we help them out or do we turn a blind eye? There are many who say "it's not our problem, we have our own troubles to look after." I disagree.
We do have problems, but truthfully, things overall are pretty good here in Canada if you think about it. Can you imagine though, if disaster struck (and it could)? Wouldn't you like to think the world would step up for our aid in the same way it is doing for these people? We aren't talking about a country that was asking for a hand out. These people are facing a human catastrophe and it's not because of their choosing. Isn't it our moral responsibility to do our part to change the situation around?
It reminds me of the many people out there who seemingly have nothing, yet often, they're the ones who give the most. There are wealthy who sit on their high horses hoarding their money while a hungry man down the street shares his last loaf of bread to see his neighbor eat. I'm not sure about you, but I would far prefer to sit down in the shack with the person in the second scenario than with guy in the mansion in the first.
What goes around comes around they say and a person never knows when the shoe might be on the other foot, I would like to think if it was, there would be hand there to help me out. NOT that this is the sole reason to be a good person.
There will always be hungry, there will always be homeless. There will always be challenges and we may always struggle to keep up. It's a sad fact but it's true. If we start looking the other way though, when a tragedy like this happens, we're on a slippery slope to a cold and lonely place.
"It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much." ~Norman Lear
