It's been awhile since I wrote anything in this blog because I've strayed from following and observing economics and politics in our world and country(USA).It's not that I don't care about our country or the world but it has taken a back seat in my daily life.I'm more concerned about my immediate environment and the people that live in it.I recently retired from teaching and have the whole day to do as I wish. I've turned to helping others and experience firsthand what I've been writing about in the past.
So many people in Kingston are poor and need assistance to survive.They need food,clothing,money for rent,transportation and health care.Young,middle age and the elderly, families and individuals,struggle to make ends meet each month. Many of the elderly are on their own with little or no help from their families.They are lonely and live with the basics as best they can.Injuries,especially to their hips and legs prohibit them from living active lives.It is a delight to help them and I can't think of anything more rewarding or important to do than assist them.
I'm slowly learning how to help as much as I can.I work almost everyday in food pantries,delivering food and transporting people to medical appointments.I know enough people in need to make it a full time job helping them.I believe in them as much as I believe in my own family because I understand they are my family.There is no separation anymore because I see them as an equal part of our body of life that is nature itself.They are my brothers or sisters in the search to be at ease in this world,free of suffering and wanting happiness.I want to assist them in their quest to be happy.By helping them,they assist me to be happy.A simple formula that works and is boundless in it's quest.
There are many causes and conditions why Kingston and it's people are so depressed.At least half of the residents are near or below the poverty line.Low paying jobs are the norm with little or no benefits.Both political parties pay little or no attention to their plight.They believe that our economic system will improve and take care of most of the problems for the poor.They are delusional when they declare our economic system just needs to regain its health.All of the economic statistics demonstrate that we have been riding this dysfunctional car since the seventies.Things are getting worst every year as the middle and upper classes get all the attention of the politicians.
As I get tangled up in Kingston,I am freed from my own entanglements.I am very fortunate and thankful everyday for the love of my friends and family.I have a nice house and food on the table.Health has come my way and I appreciate the environment I live in.The people of Kingston deserve better from the country they live in.We have wealth and resources in the USA to care for everyone in a respectable manner.We spend more money on defense that all the developed countries combined.We need to think of others first before ourselves.If we do so, our country becomes stronger and healthier and encourages countries to look to us as a positive example of democracy in action.
