Sumthin' to Think About

Can you read this?

I know you can, 'cause you are.

Think about what that means.

Really give it some thought. What does it mean to say that you can read this?

It means you can read. "Well, duh." you might say. Or whatever the kids say these days. I dunno. Oh Emm Gee? blah. Whatever you say hold on to that thought. We're gonna come back to it. It's obvious isn't it? You can read, of course you can.

So be reading this what else can I determine about you? You can read. That means you've been educated. Odds are you're in America if you can read this. (They don't know me overseas yet. Pity for them.) So you probably went to a public school that was provided to you by the government and taxes.

If you can read this you have a computer. You're probably sittin' in a chair. You have internet. Either you have a job or someone that's payin' for the electricity and internet. You even have a lil bit of free time to spend goofin' around on the internet. I figure that means you're not starvin' since you're wastin' time with me and not lookin' for food or work. You prolly aren't outside in the cold or the rain. Odds are you're gonna have a warm bed to sleep on tonight.

So think about that the next time you say the world ain't fair. Know that it's not. Know that there are people in the world way worse off than you. There are people that are gonna go hungry tonight. There are people that don't have internet or decent educations. There are people that don't have jobs. There are people that don't have time to sit still readin' junk like this on the internet.

"Well, duh." Is that what you thought? Is that what you expect of people? To just have the things that you have? To be as lucky as you are? They ain't.

You're lucky. I'm lucky. Don't take things for granted. Appreciate what you have and all those frivilous things you don't get but could live without shouldn't be fussed over.

People take things for granted here and act like they can't get ahead in the world 'cause nobody gives 'em a chance. People have plenty of chances they just don't always see 'em or take 'em.

Be aware of your good fortune and make the best of it.