09-12-2005, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: T.O.
Posts: 20,828
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Originally Posted by Kaelynn
There are people that are rich, there are people that are poor. It is a fact of life.
The ones that succeed are the ones that work hard and put their mind to something and get it done. You can only be successful if you want to be, and truely try. And there are all kinds of different levels of sucess, it is in the eyes of the beholder. You are happy when you make yourself happy.
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You have to realize, Kaelynn, not everyone has had such an easy life (and I'm not saying your life is easy but you are in college which is an honour -- not everyone is able to go).
To say that all you have to do is put your mind to it and you can get things done, you can be happy . . . it's not reality quite frankly. Many people in New Orleans had no access to vehicles. Many Americans live paycheque to paycheque and it's impossible to budget for such emergencies.
And you mentioned that the government didn't have to help. Why is that? The people who were stranded pay the same taxes as everyone else. Why are they paying taxes? If you were on a roof for five days, would you think differently?
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