Purging

So with spring weather comes the always necessary spring cleaning, although I did not plan for this week to be spring cleaning week it happened. I am guilty. I found through my purging the house of useless items and furniture pieces that serve no purpose other than to "look pretty" that there was something I was missing, a moment that I wasn't quite capturing....until now.
   With so many people hurting, homeless, going through crisis through out the world, here I am purging my home and taking inventory of what I "need". Meanwhile there are some people who have nothing and need only the necessities to life. What a person in Syria, or living on the street would do to have an apartment, with furniture to purge. What a person would do to have a stock pile of dvds and magazines when there are people who need food and water.
    As I think about this world, I think we have our minds twisted, we are fighting for MY rights and MY choice, but what about those without rights and without choices, without even the ability to have the freedom to argue or voice their concerns, needs, wants and dreams. Here in America we have people fighting over abortion, cars, money, etc. Yet there are people literally fighting for life, for the ability to offer some stability to their children. What are we doing for them? Our society is a selfish society filled with only caring for the people who live here, the people who have kitchens full of junk food, and living rooms full of game systems, surround sounds and flat screen tvs, personally I think we've got enough. I think it's time we looked outside of our safe neighborhood, our nice buses, our multilevel malls, and look at the countrIES (not one country but multiples) that are starving and in need. It's time we took the $10 we were going to use for McDonald's and send it to a starving nation.         I am not preaching at anyone, I am not trying to make you feel bad for being able to provide a few extras for your family, but I am asking you to consider the next time you spend some money on what people don't have and see if you can be of aid. Got a new couch? Give someone your old one, have clothes you don't wear? Give it to a family that could use some new clothes, Got a ton of food your just not going to get to cook before going bad? Invite a family over, give them a tasty warm meal and send them on their way with a bag of goodies to show you care. Most importantly do it with a graceful, loving heart, and look for no attention. Don't post it on facebook, instagram, snapchat, don't look to brag to friends and family, just do it to be kind.
   While I don't agree with everything this person has said there is one thing that everyone in every sector needs to try to be and do more often and that is "Be kind to one another" ~Ellen Degeneres~ Yes I agree, Let's just try and be kind to one another, there is enough evil in the world to take care of the hate, and judgement.