Got fun plans? A little travel perhaps; a warm place where you can enjoy some days off? Of course.
80% of the world never thinks about the things that occupy our days.
- They don't make a list for when they go to the grocery store.
- They don't wonder when the car insurance is due.
- They don't wonder where their kids will go to college.
- They don't worry about their IRA or 401k.
- They couldn't care less about a Coach purse or a Gucci blouse.
- Traffic doesn't make them crabby on the way home from shopping.
- They don't look forward to vacations.
No stores, no cars, no college, no vacations, ... and no golden years.
Being rich or poor isn't a statement of motivation or willingness to work. We're not well off because we worked and succeeded while they loafed. It isn't because we have more natural resources or smarter people. We don't and we're not, but the difference persists. Curious isn't it?
Poverty isn't something you choose. It's something that's done to you and to your family or clan or race or class. True?
I met one young man in eastern Africa; bright, well-mannered and quite well spoken. We've worked for a few years on his education and helping his family get healthy. His biggest obstacle? Wrong tribe. He's Mijikenda. There's not a lot of opportunity for him. If he was Kikuyu however, doors would open automatically.
When we look forward to our vacation or our new home or our ... golden years, that's not the real world, is it. So, what do we do with what we know? Change makers and help bringers, they have more fun and they live in the real world.
Feel like sharing a bit of the opportunity and resources you have? :)