There seems to be the notion that if you don't have a lot of money, or if you don't have investments in the stock market, or if you don't own a home or a car and you just feel like ~ a plain old regular everyday person - this stuff just does not apply to you and it does not affect you ~ WRONG!!
Regardless of where you are on the economic level you are still a consumer and everything going on in this country and the rest of the world affects you either directly or indirectly.
Consider these very simple examples ~ Did you buy a jug of milk or orange juice lately, or sodas in plastic bottles? Do you realize that plastic is a petroleum based product? Do you realize that when the price of a barrel of oil goes up it affects the price of your milk, your orange juice your soda, because these plastic containers are made from by-products of petroleum. So when you complain that this or that has gone up by 20,30 or 40 cents, please understand it is not your local grocery store that raised the prices just because they wanted to ~~ They Had To!!
If you think the earthquake in Haiti does not effect you- think again. I would be assured in saying that many of us have relatives, friends, co-workers, etc. that are involved in many of these rescue and life-saving missions. Many of us have friends and family in the military that have been deployed to this mission- are we not concerned about their safety? Even if you don't have family or friends involved, we are still connected to each other just by way of the Human Spirit. If you have sent up a Prayer or made a donation or just had empathy or compassion for these people, then the earthquake has affected you. Remember the old saying 'If not for the Grace of God~ there go I'.
What's going on on Wall Street is apparent, given the number of bank failures, job losses and home foreclosures. The impact of terrorism affects you; have you traveled by air lately or if you don't travel by air, have you tried to enter a government building?
We have had a significant number of catastrophic, life changing situations right here in this country; (911, Hurricane Katrina, the stock market crash, the housing meltdown, job losses. If you did not loose your home or your job~ you know people that did so it affects you whether you like it or not.
If you think what is going on in Iran and the treatment of their citizens and their women does not affect you? ~~ Think Again! Just seeing these images daily should remind you that not so long ago in this country there was marching in the streets and protests on various levels. In some areas of our country there were fire hoses and bulldogs to hold the people back. People in this country were beaten and hung; their homes and churches were bombed ; men were castrated. And This Does Not Affect You~~??
I am reminded about the story of a mouse (author unknown) who feared for his life and solicited help from the other farm animals who in turn did not feel that the mouse's plight would affect them at all.
When the mouse discovered that the farmer has put out a mousetrap he was terrified and immediately announced to the other animals "There is a mousetrap in the house"! When the chicken heard this she just clucked and scratched and advised the mouse that this was of no concern to her and she did not want to be bothered.
The mouse then approached the pig who sympathized with him but advised there was nothing he could do but pray. When the mouse turned to the cow ~ the cow just snubbed him and said "I am sorry for you, but it is no skin off my nose." Feeling said and rejected the mouse returned to the house to face his fate with the mousetrap.
That very night there was a sound in the farmer's house that sounded like a mouse had been caught it the trap. The farmer's wife ran to see what was going on. As it turns out, as she rushed in the darkness to see what was in the trap she did not notice that actually there was a venomous snake whose tale had been caught in the trap.
The snake bit the farmer's wife and she was rushed to the hospital. She later returned home with a fever. Well as we all know the best way to treat a fever is with "chicken soup". So the farmer took to the farm yard for the main ingredient. The farmer's wife's conditioned worsened and friends and neighbors came to visit with her around the clock. In order to feed all these people, the farmer had to butcher the "pig".
Unfortunately the farmer's wife did not get well and she died. So many people came to the funeral that the farmer had to slaughter the "cow" to provide enough meat for all of them.
The mouse now alone, looked on all the this with great sadness.
So the next time you hear that someone is having a problem or if you feel that what's going on in the world does not affect you (Remember the Mouse) and remember also----when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
To Your Continued Success and Well Being !
Miss Julia
MissJuliasGuidetoHealthyLiving.com
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