I don't know if I had told you that when we got married 22 years ago, all that we had between us was my wife's car. Oh, and also some books. LOL
I share your view on the hoarding issue, but we are too far down the road to do anything about it. Except of course changing the taxation systems by taxing the super rich exorbitantly, to free up funds for services to the poor communities. Millions of kids go to bed hungry at night. So sad.
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For sure. My aim in life is to have only what I really need, and what I really use. If you own things that you never use, those things will end up owning you.
And that is the sad part, right? Even if you only tax the rich a slight bit more than they are taxed now, you will end up helping the poor so much more. But our system is so corrupt.
It's normal to hang onto stuff that has special meaning to one, and it's very hard to let go. But then again, by letting the stuff go creates a sense of freedom.
The sad thing is that 160 000 NPOs are at the risk of de-registration due to non-compliance issues. We cannot afford one npo to be deregistered as the people that they helped will face regression. I am not saying this to brag, but we have received Papillon's clearance certificate last week. The money is there but wasted when there is no compliance. I don't want to even talk about corruption, as it makes me sick.
I am sure that there is too much corruption as well, as I have heard from others as well. It is such a shame that money that needs to get to those who really need it, ends up buying someone another fancy shirt or another fancy car. It is really sickening.
No problem at all, brag all you want! I know your heart is in the right place and the work you do really leaves an impact. In fact, I will not call it bragging at all!
Yep, so true and it is amazing to see how many fancy cars and homes are forfeited to the state when the law catches up to some of the corrupt ones. They live in sheer luxury without any thought about all of the little poor children going hungry to bed at night. Makes me angry.
We only do what we can my friend as we are servants of our big loving Father.
When are you guys planning to come down?
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For sure, and that is all we can do. Keep our cards clean. The rest we can try and fight, but as I always tell my dad (who also wants to stand up for the right thing) pick your battles because you cannot help from the grave. There are some things worth sacrificing your own health for, but not everything because otherwise you cannot bring good to this world. There is so much we can do, fighting losing battles is not one of them. Maybe I am wrong, but I feel that we can do so much when we find a place where we can really sow our seeds and see them grow, if I can use a botanical metaphor.
Much truth in what you said here, and strangely I am also hoping to find a place where Papillon can set its roots, to grow in tandem to the seeds of good that we will sow. We don't want to invent a new wheel, as we need to find a needy community that will appreciate all of our efforts. Raithby was mentioned by the Chairlady of our board, and we will go to check out the lie of the land over there soon.
Such is life.
I am sure that you will find it. There is so much unjust suffering in the world that it will not take too much effort to find those who need our help the most.
I had a wonderful discussion yesterday with a young fellow who was so interested in philosophy yet he did not have any education in it. It just shows the need for intellectual discourse in our society, yet few offer these young people the opportunity to help them formulate these questions and answers.
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