Thursday, December 14, 2006
EACH YEAR
Yesterday, Lisa and I saw the following quote on a bumper sticker:
It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. -- Mother Teresa
In doing a little research, even though I do not know the context in which Mother Teresa used this phrase, I have found out that it is used a lot by Pro-Life Groups. I can support that.
However, my first take on this quote was quite different. I have read varying estimates on how many children die each and every day due to hunger-related illnesses. I have seen numbers ranging from 16,000 up to 41,000 ... each and every day ... God's children dieing because they do not have enough to eat.
And yet each day I stuff myself with food, excessive consumerism, and "holding back" for tomorrow. I come up with ways to justify it but, really, there is no way to justify it in a world where that many kids are dieing each day.
Yesterday, Lisa and I had a day off together. A most unusual and special happening in and of itself. We did some Christmas shopping and ended up buying very little (which was good) but I looked at racks and shelves and bins and cupboards full of more stuff than our entire metropolitan area could possibly really need in ten Christmases. That was sickening in and of itself.
But then the real topper came ... we then ate lunch at a restaurant we'd been wanting to try because we have heard good things about it. Chipotle Grill. Sort of an "upscale" fast food Mexican place where the workers make you a burrito to order, much like getting a sub sandwich these days.
I didn't know this was going to happen but I ended up with a burrito that I am guessing weighed well over two pounds. It might have been 20 pounds. I am not sure. It was sickening to look at and yet I ate it. I don't mean to slander Chipotle Grill but I have to say that it was all rather disgusting to be given that much food and then to eat it. (Well, actually, I ate most of it. Probably 20% of it was thrown in the trash.) I couldn't eat dinner last night and I still feel ill this morning. All I want at this point is Alka Seltzer.
All in a world where millions of God's children die each year from not having enough.
It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. -- Mother Teresa
In doing a little research, even though I do not know the context in which Mother Teresa used this phrase, I have found out that it is used a lot by Pro-Life Groups. I can support that.
However, my first take on this quote was quite different. I have read varying estimates on how many children die each and every day due to hunger-related illnesses. I have seen numbers ranging from 16,000 up to 41,000 ... each and every day ... God's children dieing because they do not have enough to eat.
And yet each day I stuff myself with food, excessive consumerism, and "holding back" for tomorrow. I come up with ways to justify it but, really, there is no way to justify it in a world where that many kids are dieing each day.
Yesterday, Lisa and I had a day off together. A most unusual and special happening in and of itself. We did some Christmas shopping and ended up buying very little (which was good) but I looked at racks and shelves and bins and cupboards full of more stuff than our entire metropolitan area could possibly really need in ten Christmases. That was sickening in and of itself.
But then the real topper came ... we then ate lunch at a restaurant we'd been wanting to try because we have heard good things about it. Chipotle Grill. Sort of an "upscale" fast food Mexican place where the workers make you a burrito to order, much like getting a sub sandwich these days.
I didn't know this was going to happen but I ended up with a burrito that I am guessing weighed well over two pounds. It might have been 20 pounds. I am not sure. It was sickening to look at and yet I ate it. I don't mean to slander Chipotle Grill but I have to say that it was all rather disgusting to be given that much food and then to eat it. (Well, actually, I ate most of it. Probably 20% of it was thrown in the trash.) I couldn't eat dinner last night and I still feel ill this morning. All I want at this point is Alka Seltzer.
All in a world where millions of God's children die each year from not having enough.
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