Today is blog action day for blogging about poverty. Upon looking at the US Census pages on poverty, this line struck a chord of sadness in me:
The poverty rate increased for children under 18 years old (18.0 percent in 2007, up from 17.4 percent in 2006), while it remained statistically unchanged for people 18 to 64 years old (10.9 percent) and people 65 and over (9.7 percent).
How can the greatest country in the world tolerate one child going to bed hungry? How can we look the other way when we pass homeless children on the street?
We can and we do because we're often so busy chasing the almighty dollar that we don't see poverty right in front of us. We have neighbors who are hurting, hungry, poor in Spirit, and we're too busy to see, to help, to feed their body, mind and Spirit. I'm making it my business to wake up and see where I can help. I'll start in my neighborhood. How about you? How can you help in your neighborhood?
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