ON MY SOAPBOX
I need someone to help me understand why being poor is a reason
to become violent and shoot each other to death?
Please help me to understand why no jobs
in the neighborhood is a reason to terrorize and
vandalize the neighborhood?
I do not believe that a lack of resources
in the immediate area is a valid reason for
committing crimes.
I say this because in the past, times
were much harder and tougher than they have ever
been in modern times, and people did not resort
to such things.
Instead, they made do, they helped each
other, fathers went off to other towns to find
work and fortune, mothers went to work at
whatever was available to keep the family going,
all the while keeping integrity intact.
Some people today are weak-minded,
weak-hearted, and are a poor example of the
strong and proud stock from whence they came.
It pains me to hear leaders say that the
crime is so bad because people don't have any
hope because they don't have jobs and other
resources.
For goodness sakes!
If that is all you have to say, why would
people have any hope?
Are they supposed to just wait until
these jobs and resources come to them?
What about telling them that they "can"
in spite of anything!
What about telling them to go find work
in other areas, other towns?
People do what they believe they can do.
Has anyone bothered to help these people
believe that they can rise up out of poverty
without firing a single shot?
However, I think the root cause of crime-ridden areas is the
breakdown of the family unit.
Too many bad parents, single parents or
no parents at all.
Raising children is serious business and
is a full-time job, demanding focus and
dedication to producing ethical, educated and
productive citizens.
One of my own sisters and her husband
have proven to me that it can be done, without a
college education or any help from their
parents.
They worked, went to church, raised two
children who are both about to finish college,
live a good and comfortable life.
So, the power is within the people
themselves.
Young people, do not fall into the trap of letting
someone convince you that there is no hope, that
you cannot help yourself.
It is a lie.
No one is holding you back or holding you
down but your own thinking.
Are you not smart?
Are you not able to figure out a way in
this world for yourself without breaking the law
or killing someone?
If others have succeeded, what's wrong
with you?
Are you not the kings and queens so many
of you claim to be?
Stop the BS and make some wealth for you
and yours.
I dare you.
--Rosalin Moss Say It With Roz February 28, 2018 |