Thoughtfully considered, the plight of the world’s poorest people should be enough to make even the optimistic among us realize that our lifestyle is far from a world-wide norm.
Could we, by some act of will or necessity, screw up the courage to acknowledge that we and our lifestyle are not the norm in today’s world?
What further evidence do we require other than knowing that more than one third of the population of our world lives in abject poverty?
Could we face the stark reality described by Mother Teresa when she said, “It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.”?
Is it even possible, given the attachment to our lifestyle, for us to recognize, yet alone address, our poverty?
Have we become the truly impoverished, living on a scale never before seen in history, while so many others are forced to live on scraps?
Are we saying that this is OK?
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