We should all stop and think. We should think about other countries. But not just any other country, third world countries. To think that we fellow Americans complain everyday about how we "suffer", or "don't get enough food or water", or "are always poor and unable to support a family because we just don't feel like getting off our lazy asses". To think that we as Americans "feel sad and depressed one day, so maybe we should go kill ourselves because nobody cares about us". That we Americans don't think what we have is good enough so we go get more and waste money on stuff we don't need. We Americans are basically a greedy country that thinks we can get whatever we want because we need useless junk over our survival and growth of a healthy nation.
We as Americans barley think about third world countries that risk their lives just to go to school. Those countries actually do suffer lack of resources for survival. These countries also tend to have less suicide than in America. They suffer everyday and might feel depressed, but they learn to fight it because they know that in the end all of what they've done will be worth it. The third world countries are an everyday living proof of how We Americans are an insecure society. They are models of what perfect families, and community should be and look like. They are living proof that we don't need fancy gadgets to live our everyday lives. My mom has told me several times a simple yet powerful phrase that until high school, I would blow off thinking its meaning is stupid. She would always tell me "A little goes a long ways Shawn. Remember that." Third world countries are living simple phrase everyday. Being able to survive without all of the junk that we Americans have. Some barley even have electricity, let alone cell phones, or iPads, iPods, etcetera, etcetera.
So stop. Think. Before you complain about something, think about all that you have compared to ohters. Before you go and buy more junk, or throw out unwanted leftovers, or dont get something, or if you dont want to go to school, stop and think that other people in other countires would die for all of that. Have a nice day!
We as Americans barley think about third world countries that risk their lives just to go to school. Those countries actually do suffer lack of resources for survival. These countries also tend to have less suicide than in America. They suffer everyday and might feel depressed, but they learn to fight it because they know that in the end all of what they've done will be worth it. The third world countries are an everyday living proof of how We Americans are an insecure society. They are models of what perfect families, and community should be and look like. They are living proof that we don't need fancy gadgets to live our everyday lives. My mom has told me several times a simple yet powerful phrase that until high school, I would blow off thinking its meaning is stupid. She would always tell me "A little goes a long ways Shawn. Remember that." Third world countries are living simple phrase everyday. Being able to survive without all of the junk that we Americans have. Some barley even have electricity, let alone cell phones, or iPads, iPods, etcetera, etcetera.
So stop. Think. Before you complain about something, think about all that you have compared to ohters. Before you go and buy more junk, or throw out unwanted leftovers, or dont get something, or if you dont want to go to school, stop and think that other people in other countires would die for all of that. Have a nice day!