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OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
3/11/2019 0 Comments Quick BlipThis article is a solid read and something for us all to consider.
What hope does our economy have if the bottom 90% of our population continues to decrease in wealth? Our middle class is already hurting/disappearing. The amount of governmental regulation it would take to “stop” or even slow inflation is far more than it would take to simply help people reach a livable wage. Yeah, there are ups and downs to a mandated increase of minimum wage, but at this point something has to be done and we have to take a hit somewhere or else we are just sitting back and watching the demise of our economy. Saying we need to leave it to the companies and corporations to increase their wages is crap. Minimum wage hasn’t increased since I was 16 and there are STILL people trying to hire on employees for THAT RATE OF PAY! We’ve given these businesses a decade to do this on their own and look where we are. Our nation is hurting, just because you, your family, or your friends aren’t directly being affected, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. Remember the world is bigger than simply your world. If we continue this every man for himself mentality, our economy and our nation as a whole will crumble.
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I'm spent.I feel so spent right now. I cried a couple times today, not because anyone was mean or they upset me. I cried because a friend and I talked about a couple things lately that've been hard for me. Today was a good day until I cried... since then I've been mostly exhausted.
I know that crying is a normal thing people do and it can sometimes make people feel better. However, it is not a normal thing for me. Crying physically exhausts me. It emotionally exhausts me. If I were to sit around one day and cry off and on all day, I would probably need a full day afterwards to sleep it all off. I've had people say things like "It's not healthy to never cry" or "You need to allow yourself to feel your feelings/process your feelings/etc"... all of that might be true for other people, but crying all the time isn't an option for me. I feel physically ill now because I cried earlier. MY BODY DOES NOT DO WELL AFTER FEELING OVERWHELMED LIKE THAT! Recently I had I friend die. She was originally a teacher of mine, but we grew to be friends and I valued her so very much. When I found out she'd passed away, I wept. However, the crying allowed me to mourn the loss of her life and process that situation. That is one of the rare cases when crying does not wear me out. Crying then actually helped a lot. In normal situations where I have not lost something, I am usually just in a tricky situation or a stressful thing has happened, crying does not help. It stresses me out and adds to my already full plate. This is something I learned about myself today. I had an inkling before, but today really drove that inkling home. It's for sure now. |