On My High Horse Today

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When someone constantly criticizes others for needing help, it really says more about them than the people they’re judging. Too many are misinformed, believing everyone who gets help is just “living off the government” or refusing to work. They don’t see the bigger picture and sadly, don't want to. I’ve noticed a common attitude among those who judge. They claim people should have been “prepared” all their lives, but life doesn’t work that way. Everyone’s circumstances, health, opportunities, and struggles are different. Someone can have a huge savings and great job, and one event can wipe it all out. It’s gotten ugly out there in the social media world. Sadly, I'm beginning to see it here too. I see so many immature people name-calling and putting others down. Many are not respecting other's beliefs. It's "their way or the highway." Now, with several states preparing to shut down food stamps and WIC during the government shutdown, I’ve been reading comments like, “Good, freeloaders.” It’s disheartening. What many don’t realize is that if these programs stop, the effects will ripple through every community. Grocery stores will lose revenue, prices will rise, food banks and churches will run out of supplies, and children, the elderly, and the homeless will suffer the most. Oh, but these people claim all can get jobs just "like the rest of us." Or "then they need to move somewhere they can afford more." Tell that to the one who is trying to be with their child with cancer at the hospital, or the person who is having treatments and their job let them go for missing too much work and their treatments wiped them out, or the one who was in a horrible wreck and bedridden, so can't work to feed their family....you get the picture. Not all single women (and men) who have young children were going out there having kids to freeload. Yes, I read that often too. It’s not about handouts — it’s about humanity. When one part of the system fails, it affects everyone. I wish people would work together instead of pointing fingers and trying to control others. My photo is our weather. Not relevant to the story but sharing.