i was raised by a very poor, single mom. She never took a dime of gov’t money. We were homeless for a time. I even ate food out of dumpsters for a time.
But she took every job that would have her, sometimes three at a time. She worked her knuckles to the bone to get me through highschool (graduated with honors) and into college.
And the whole time, she was nursing an old back injury and sick with untreated autoimmune diseases. She’s work until she dropped, then drag herself back to work again.
And my husband and I started off dirt poor. We busted out butts to get out of it and are now comfortably middle class.
Most people start out poor. You have to build from somewhere. Sometimes people have it good, then get slammed to the ground and have to start over.
No. I don’t ‘feel disgusted’ by the poor. I’m cheering them on. I want them to grow, learn, work and succeed.
Amen!!
I went thru a similar experience.