Two of the many things that weigh heavily on the minds and shoulders of impoverished people. We are depressed that the system is geared toward rejection and intolerance and desperate for anything that will get us out of a situation or to find the right substance to let our mind escape the pain we feel because of it. Problems created by the system create a multitude of daily problems for those who struggle daily to stay alive and safe until the next day. Those that have a comfortable life and do not worry as much as we do have very little or no understanding of what we go through and have no right to sit in Judgement over us as some / most of them do. We do what we need to do in order to survive, set back by the limits of others that would deny us the fundamental rights that everyone deserves. These barriers of intolerance and ignorance are what we are faced with every day and are contributing factors to why we are here in the first place. There is far too much resistance to helping people and an overwhelming amount of separation and subdivision. Truly, if we all work together to help each other instead of attempting to be more than everyone else, we could all prosper and be happier. We are given the freedom to choose, and do we not choose who we are by how we treat others? When you treat someone badly for a reason without justification, do you not judge yourself? When will we realize that causing problems for others causes problems for ourselves as well? It all comes down to a simple choice: How do I want to live my life? To live in self-service or in service to humanity? Selfishness or selflessness? Unity and understanding or depression and desperation?

Adam Norris