So my last post was in March, I really have been a blog slacker, but the greatest part about life is that you can always have a re-do. Restart, or Do-over... so here is my big do-over on the blog, updates and more, we'll see if I can keep it up over the next couple of months...
I was going to list everything I'd done and try and post pictures, but really that feels overwhelming, and I think I'd rather babble on and on than try and remember the details that I forgot to write down. Needless to say I had some awesome trips with amazing people that I love very much!
I was watching TV the other night and a commercial came on. It was by Huggies (the diaper company) and it was about how many people can't afford to buy diapers for their baby's so if you buy the diapers and wipes with the "certain label" on them they will donate diapers to these people.
Now, I don't have children and I don't claim to be an expert in the whole diaper industry, but really... I have to buy your over priced diapers to have you, who by the way must be making mint on those things, help out the needy? Then I stopped blaming the people who make a consumer driven product and turned my wrath upon those who "can't afford diapers for their children". Alright, as stated before, I don't have kids, I have no idea the amount of money involved in raising them, but I can tell you right now, that if for some reason I were to have a baby and could not afford disposable diapers for the dear child, I would humble myself enough to use cloth diapers. I mean really... yes, baby poop no matter what stage of life the child is in is disgusting, but instead of trying to have someone else fix the problem, why not take a little responsibility and try and fix it yourself. And actually all the tree-huggers, out protesting the circus coming to town and people that eat at McDonalds, should agree that cloth would be better for the environment, but no... "then you have to touch the soiled mess, and I'd much rather think eating meat is cruel than clean poo from a cloth".
It's the whole you can teach a man to fish parable... I think that our society in general is way too dependent on the free fish and we've all forgotten how to fish for ourselves. We expect to be given everything and not have to work for it!
I keep reflecting on friends that I have that were/are/have been unemployed for quite a while. One in particular kept turning jobs down because he was over qualified and didn't want to work for minimum wage. Really? Lets see, I can look for jobs that I don't want and not have to work and live on the tax payers money, or I could take a job I don't want, try and support myself, and contribute to the community while I look for another job. hmm... I'd rather not work too. However my parents taught me better than that and tried to instill some sort of sense of responsibility in me, hence I would take any job to make ends meet, and look for something better if I needed to, while earning what I could.
I think I'm just really tired of people feeling entitled because their lives aren't perfect, and I'm tired of seeing those that work so hard for their money tossing it down the toilet to help people that are too lazy, unmotivated or proud to get a job that will at least semi-contribute to their situation.
If we aren't the examples for those that come after us, who will be?
