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I’m sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of Democratic candidates calling for policies to “fix” the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around. I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook’s, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we’ve become completely blind to it. Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose. These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don’t give them a second thought. We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty. One. Times. Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful.
She gets it...well said young lady.
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“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

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People are designed to fix problems and struggle against adversity. If they don't have real problems and real adversity, they invent it.
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ELB wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:23 pm People are designed to fix problems and struggle against adversity. If they don't have real problems and real adversity, they invent it.
:iagree:

If you don't believe this, watch an episode of one of those "Real Housewives" shows. Extremely wealthy folks who need to bend over backwards to find a problem, but they consistently manage to do just that.
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Soccerdad1995 wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:37 pm
ELB wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:23 pm People are designed to fix problems and struggle against adversity. If they don't have real problems and real adversity, they invent it.
:iagree:

If you don't believe this, watch an episode of one of those "Real Housewives" shows. Extremely wealthy folks who need to bend over backwards to find a problem, but they consistently manage to do just that.
Ha ha, umm.... no.
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