You just never know, do you

People are too concerned with the materialistic things in life, and then some see those things as being a "rich person's" when really it could just be a hard worker who got what he always wanted, or like you've said an angel. This is a lesson, we really do need to think less about ourselves, and what we see in others, and pay more attention to what we don't see in others. This reminds me of another story I've read about jesus coming and knocking on the door of a farmer's home and he was treated. Then another story about a man who drove to the store for milk and then to a complete stranger's house and gave it to them. We all have different ideas of what the morals of these stories are, but I think these stories have different morals for all.

Good day.. I think people usually define others as they define themselves which is selfish and self-centered. If they are rich., they looked at poorer folks as bums and good for nothing failures. They don't bother to think or ask what happened to that person along the way nor even care to put into account about the good things that person did in his life even how small that might had been. They set their standards on them without giving them a bit of understanding and care. When they were under the status., they look at rich people as evil doers, shrewd and the cause of their sufferings. They don't bother to ask themselves what they did wrong and what those rich people did right. I guess this attitude goes with being human but then we should try even little by little to look at the brighter side of other people then maybe just maybe we can define ourselves better.

Your discussion reminds me of that song titled "What if She's an Angel". Anyway, it is so true. To many people are far to quick to judge others on nothing more then their outward appearance and materialistic things. If a person looks to rich, they must be a greedy, stuck up snob who thinks they are above everyone else and they must be a selfish person who does nothing to help those in need and in fact, never gives a less fortunate person a second thought. On the other hand, if a person looks to poor and/or to troubled or whatever, then that person must be a worthless piece of trash who deserves no respect. It's contradictory and hypocritical of them too, in one breath they will criticize those whom they perceive as rich because they assume those "rich" people do nothing to help the less fortunate or that they should do more to help the less fortunate, and in the next breath, they will turn right around and trash talk a person whom they consider to be undesirable because the person appears to be to poor to them. So they will criticize the "rich" for not helping those people, yet they, themselves are not willing to help either, and they don't even really know anything about the "rich" person they are criticizing or if that person has ever done anything for the less fortunate or not. And like you say, for all they know, either or both the "rich" person or the "poor" person that they are criticizing just might be an angel who is there to test them. So many people talk about how nice things would be if the world was a better place, if their community was a better place, etc. What they either don't realize or don't care is that making things better starts with each and everyone of us. If every person would strive to be the best person that they could be, if every person would take the time to get to know those around them and open up their hearts and minds to the people around them instead of instantly and harshly judging them based on materialistic and outward appearances, if every person would strive to respect, care for and help their neighbor, as their own, that alone would make the world, and every community a better place. Instead, to many people are to busy looking down their noses at people because they are to rich or to poor or to fat or to ugly, or whatever and everyone wants to talk about what they think someone else should do about a problem, but no one wants to do anything about the problem themselves and everyone is to quick to judge others rather then care for, respect, get to know, love and help one another. Hmmm....I might have gotten slightly off track from the main point here...but you know what I mean.... Great discussion!