By Julia Gray
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 plan 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 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 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~~??
Ok ~~~ Consider the Story of the Mouse (author unknown) ~ and then tell me that what is going on in this country and the rest of the world does not affect you…….
A mouse looked through the crack
in the wall to see the farmer and
his wife open a package.
What food might this contain?'
The mouse wondered - - -
he was devastated to discover it
was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard,
the mouse proclaimed the warning :
There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!'
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,
Mr. Mouse I can tell this is a grave concern
to you, but it is of no consequence
to me. I cannot be bothered by it.'
The mouse turned to
the pig and told him,
'There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!'
The pig sympathized, but said, I am
so very sorry, Mr.Mouse, but there
is nothing I can do about it but pray.
Be assured you are in my prayers.'
The mouse turned to
the cow and said
'There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!'
The cow said, 'Wow, Mr. Mouse.
I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin
off my nose.'
So, the mouse returned to the
house, head down and dejected,
to face the farmer's mousetrap . . .
alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout
the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching
its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see
what was caught. In the darkness,
she did not see it was a venomous
snake whose tail the trap had caught.
The snake bit the farmer's wife.
The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a
fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever
with fresh chicken soup, so the
farmer took his hatchet to the
farmyard for the soup's main
ingredient.
But his wife's sickness continued,
so friends and neighbors came to
sit with her around the clock.
To feed them, the farmer
butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife did not get well;
she died.
So many people came for her funeral,
the farmer had the cow slaughtered to
provide enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from
his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you,
remember ----when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
Nurse by Profession, Idea Merchant and Success Coach by Passion. I believe that everyone came here with something~~some special God-given gift or talent. I believe that the road to true success and happiness is paved with these gifts and talents. My goal is to help others realize and pursue these gifts and then 'pay-it-forward' by helping others along the way. None of us can get there alone.
You can learn more about me at ~ http://JuliaGrayOnline.com
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