When I worked with the poor I often found myself questioning some of their decisions. If you live in a shack at the end of an alley crawling with worms and open sewage, why do you have a wide-screen color TV and cable (though who knows if the cable was legal)? Yet, as I grow I see that I could probably ask the same questions of myself and someone would probably judge some of my decisions as odd. This reality was quite real to me yesterday while I was in Walmart.
After buying some groceries for the week I stopped in the electronics to look at the price of cheap stereos. I thought it might be nice to have something that I could plug my MP3 player or cd player into in my apartment. Wouldn't you know I found this amazing speaker system for a VERY reasonable price. However, as I stood there I realized this probably isn't the time to be buying speakers. As a currently unemployed student who is eating lots of quinoa, rice, beans and tofu wouldn't it be better to make sure I keep money to eat rather than to have a nice sound system. (no matter how reasonable it is) I judge the person at the end of the worm alley, but someone could probably say the same about me. As I wheeled my cart away I made a mental note to try to set down another of my stones that I am so quick to throw.
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you still bought the speakers though....right
No the speakers are still at Walmart.
good job--we all should stop and think about things before buying..I really enjoy reading your blogs everyday. thank you
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