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Having just watched the 30 Days episode about living on minimum wage in the States, I am so, so, SO thankful to live in a country with free healthcare.
Just seeing how happy and excited they get about getting a chair and table for their unfurnished apartment amazes me. And makes me feel guilty. Not for having as much as I do but for not working in some way to live out my principles. Instead of decrying how it's impossible to live on unemployment, why am I not helping in some way to make life easier for people in that situation? Part of it is not knowing what is the most effective thing to do, but that's not all of it.
Why is it that we feel so strongly about our principles, yet so rarely act on them?
Just seeing how happy and excited they get about getting a chair and table for their unfurnished apartment amazes me. And makes me feel guilty. Not for having as much as I do but for not working in some way to live out my principles. Instead of decrying how it's impossible to live on unemployment, why am I not helping in some way to make life easier for people in that situation? Part of it is not knowing what is the most effective thing to do, but that's not all of it.
Why is it that we feel so strongly about our principles, yet so rarely act on them?