Society needs to stop highlighting the
negative and shine a light on the positive.
Today after my morning social media
jaunt, I found myself truly thinking about the way society has
slanted. While I do my part to fight against discrimination in many
forms, I realized a trend of socially acceptable attacks on people
trying to do good. In recent times we have seen stories of acts of
good involved with negative, from the
ninety year old veteran who was
arrested in Florida for feeding the homeless. To the
Pennsylvanian woman who was fined six hundred dollars for feeding needy children
without a permit, or the
Idaho cafeteria manager that was fired for
given needy children free food. I noticed a serious trend in our
society allowing acts of good and kindness to be penalized and or
made out to be criminal acts. Now fortunately for the Veteran who
said he will continue to help no matter what the homeless law against
feeding says, and the Idaho manager being offered a job in the school
district back, we do see that sometimes positive wins out.
It is time to question why helping others is viewed so negative as of late
But it needs to be questioned why we
allow laws against helping others? Why is it bureaucratically okay to
penalize people for trying to help others? Why is society allowing
this to be acceptable in any form? America likes to brag about being
a nation with many Christians. It should be a leading force in acts
to help the needy, shelter and feed the homeless and lift on and
other up from the bottom. Yet we are more known globally for our high
incarceration record, then our acts of actual charity and that is
very troubling. I think about the things I do on a personal level,
my child's school holds weekend food and clothing drives. I try each
month to give something whether its time, money or items that we no
long use. But is it enough?
I know how fortunate I am, every night
I lay in a clean bed, my stomach full from a good meal. My child has
clean clothes, goes to a great school, we have proper shelter and
live well. But there are many fellow American's that do not have
this, and while some will say things like “what have they done to
earn it?” I say its not my place to even think like this, for me I
don't care what a families situation is, if their kids need food I
want to feed them. If I have clothing I cannot/do not use I want
someone to make use of them. I think as I get older and realize how
much junk I held on to that I never intend to use or bother with that
could help others who would use it. I started to really stream line
and align my whole life better. I know I can't give monetarily all
the time, but as long as I have something be it time or items I give.
Attacking a charity should never be considered an acceptable norm
The latest recipients of negative
attacks for doing good is
The Clinton Foundation.The charity itself
has come under intense scrutiny due to Hillary Clinton's bid for
president. Even though the charity itself has an A+ rating and is one
hundred percent transparent even more so than leading charities such
as the Red Cross. The negative coverage and allegations of “alleged
pay for play” has dogged the foundation. So far the only thing that
has been uncovered is just how much the Clinton Foundation has helped
several sick and needy people. Spending millions in donations towards
Aids medicine for the sick in places like Africa. So for those who
nay say, or wish to believe in a conspiracy that the Clinton's have
used funds anywhere else, facts are proving that those conspiracies
are nothing but Myths. It truly makes me question why people are so
eager to believe the bad before the good though? Have we really
fallen so far that we are more enticed by negative stories and
doubtful of the true good? I feel as if every day I am waking up to a
wall tilting on a balance between hopeful progress and falling into
the lowest pit of harm and despair. All I can do is keep my eyes
open, my mind and heart focus and hope with all my soul that the
people who continue to strive for good wont give up. And do my part
as well to shine good in a more positive light.
Here are a few links to charities in my state to help needy families:
You can also do your part by using google or seeing if your school/church or social clubs host such events. Every one can help in small ways and make being good a positive thing again.
