Charity Begins At Home

Maybe it’s time for the United States to adopt “charity begins at home” as an official policy. I have been thinking more and more about this in recent weeks as it seems like there’s a never ending list of heartbreaking stories that’s impacting our own neighbors. In these troubled times good people are daily victims of a system
that often fails those that need it the most. Many don’t even have the basic necessities in order to survive and it seems like there are countless stories of families being torn apart. The worst part is many have or are losing hope which sometimes is the final straw because without hope the desire to continue on is often dashed. Giving up is becoming an option that too many are willing to now accept.

What is most troublesome is that while our own neighbors go hungry we seem to always find an extra buck or two to help those in other countries. The amount of money the U.S. gives to others in the form of relief is staggering and during good times nobody really questions our generosity. However these clearly are not
good times and not even the best financial experts in the world can come to a consensus on if and when “happy days will be here again.”

So it seems like we need to get our house in order before we build others. Now is the time to pull in the reigns and use all our resources to help each other. Maybe I missed something but I have not noticed a ton of relief coming from other countries for those ravaged by recent tornados in Alabama and Missouri. How many checks can from overseas to help people who in many cases lost everything? Yet we are always the first to send supplies and money elsewhere when in truth those same supplies would and could be used right in our 50 states on a daily basis.

Look it’s not easy to accept that we can’t be the world’s good guys but the truth is if we don’t clean up our own act there might be a day when the rest of the world is holding a telethon to save the United States. If it comes to that don’t expect all the phone lines to ring at once because the fact is those that have gladly accepted our charity for decades will be the first to turn their backs.