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shadowkatFrom Orlando, Florida:
I was feeling sorry for myself about my shower situation. The pipe froze in my bathroom. It's been below 0 the last few days and froze the pipe. 1920's building, no insulation in the wall to protect the pipe. So only the tube works, but not the shower. The Super has given me the key to the newly renovated but empty apt across the hall - I can take a shower in that apt, tonight or tomorrow morning. I'm frustrated about the inability to take one tonight in my own apt. I like mine better. See? Feeling sorry for myself.
Then I happen upon the above posted video on Face Book. Life, regardless of how bad you may think you have it at the moment, could always be far worse.
Right now, I'm grateful for a kind and resourceful live-in Super, and an available shower next door. Apparently I'm reaping the benefits of listening to bang that apartment into shape? I'm also grateful to have a warm apartment. Shelter. Food.
A well-paying job. A community. A family. And friends...even if I don't see them very often or they feel at times very far away. I'm grateful that I'm not alone, homeless, and living on the streets like so many people around the world.
And here's the wonderful crazy thing about life? Everything in it is temporary. Nothing, well except maybe death and taxes last forever.
I was feeling sorry for myself about my shower situation. The pipe froze in my bathroom. It's been below 0 the last few days and froze the pipe. 1920's building, no insulation in the wall to protect the pipe. So only the tube works, but not the shower. The Super has given me the key to the newly renovated but empty apt across the hall - I can take a shower in that apt, tonight or tomorrow morning. I'm frustrated about the inability to take one tonight in my own apt. I like mine better. See? Feeling sorry for myself.
Then I happen upon the above posted video on Face Book. Life, regardless of how bad you may think you have it at the moment, could always be far worse.
Right now, I'm grateful for a kind and resourceful live-in Super, and an available shower next door. Apparently I'm reaping the benefits of listening to bang that apartment into shape? I'm also grateful to have a warm apartment. Shelter. Food.
A well-paying job. A community. A family. And friends...even if I don't see them very often or they feel at times very far away. I'm grateful that I'm not alone, homeless, and living on the streets like so many people around the world.
And here's the wonderful crazy thing about life? Everything in it is temporary. Nothing, well except maybe death and taxes last forever.
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Date: 2015-02-19 02:57 am (UTC)So, the UK is even smaller than I thought. And again you are comparing an Octagon to a circle. The US has 308 million people. 50 states with their own governments and tax systems, plus a federal tax system, and each state has their own welfare laws. So, the welfare laws in NYC might be different than they are in Arizona. Then you have different tax and laws per local district and township. Plus elected officials for each area.
It's not an excuse or a defense. Just an explanation. And why are you attacking me? I was just posting a video about homelessness?
Jeeze.
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Date: 2015-02-19 06:46 am (UTC)I might just not understand the problems caused by a larger population. Tax is the means whereby the government retrieves money from the people in order to run the country. The more people, the more money, right?
I guess I just found the video annoying because I don't understand why people need to be reminded that the homeless are people to - and I don't really think that is what will help them. They need to actually be given assistance from the government.
As you might imagine, in a country with a national health system which provides full healthcare to all, I get similarly annoyed by the politics in the US surrounding that too. Y'know?