By: MS. NAY

MS. NAY — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:25:04 +0000

YOU KNOW WHAT I REALIZED AS AN ADULT, THAT ALL THOSE THINGS ARE JUST TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE, THIS IS WHY ALOT OF PEOPLE LIVE BEYOND THEIR MEANS AND LOSE THEIR HOUSES AND CARS, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO USED TO KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES AND WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION WHEN WE DON’T HAVE THE MATERIAL THINGS. SOMETIMES I LOOK IN MY CABINETS AND IT IS FULL OF FOOD, AND I SEE MYSELF SAYING THERE IS NOTHING TO EAT, BUT TO A PERSON, WHO NEEDS FOOD, THEY WOULD FEEL AS IF THEY HIT THE JACK POT, BUT IF YOU NOTICED, THE KIDS WHO WERE DEPRIVED REALLY, NO FOOD, NO NEW CLOTHES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, WALKED EVERYWHERE, ARE WELL BALANCED PEOPLE, BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET IT, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP IT AND DON’T LOSE IT. THEY HAVE THE NEW HOUSE OR TWO, THE NEW CARS, THE GOOD CREDIT, A GOOD JOB WHERE THEY STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM, SO THEY FUNCTION BETTER AS ADULTS, BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS HAD TO WORK FOR WHAT THEY HAD AND APPRECIATED WHAT THEY GOT, BUT THE MISTAKE I SEE THEY DO MAKE, IS DUE TO BEING DEPRIVED AS A CHILD, THEY SPOIL THEIR CHILDREN AND THEN THEY REFUSE TO WORK HARD FOR WHAT THEY WANT AND EXPECT EVERYTHING, WE HAVE TO BALANCE THINGS OUT, BECAUSE IN TODAY’S WORLD CHILDREN ARE BEING DEPRIVED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, NO FOOD, NO SHELTER, NO CLOTHES, EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO INSTILL VALUES AND WORK ETHICS IN THEM WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AND MAKE SURE THEY WORK FOR THE THINGS THEY WANT AND ALSO FOR THE THINGS THEY NEED, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT…., THAT IS JUST A THOUGHT A HAD WHEN I READ THE TOPIC ….TOODLES
MS. NAY

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