I covered an event today that featured an informal conversation with a member of Congress.
There were small business owners, elected officials and corporate executives in the crowd. There was plenty of food, conversation and a sense of prosperity, even in this slumping economy. No one there looked like they wondered where their next meal was coming from.
When I went out to my car and got ready to leave, I spotted an old guy pushing a shopping cart full of large pieces of cardboard.
Could he be looking to get money for the stuff? The sharp contrast of the environment I had just been in and the sight of this sad sack stuck with me, enough to write about it, anyway.
Maybe this person is actually a miserly millionaire, who would rather pick up trash than stay home and count his money. If it were me, I'd opt for staying home and counting my money.
5 comments:
i get so upset when i see something like this. in my mind i KNOW it usually has to do with some type of addiction but it hurts. alot...
smiles, bee
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Contrasts blow my mind too....that cardboard could be his home at night..... ;-(
Peace
Bee: It is quite upsetting.
Odat: Yes, it could very well be.
Extreems do make you think and realise how really lucky we are and what we take for granted.
This post certainly does put things into perspective.
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