Up Your Game, Please

In the craziness that is happening around us, I have a heightened awareness of the poor.  We may feel anxious because we do not have particular items that we are used to having, but what if this were your feeling every day?

What if you normally could not afford toilet paper?

There are many people—and the number will surely grow now that places are starting to close down—who will be out of work.  They still have to make their rent payment, though, and diaper their children and buy food.

What if you started this crisis already food insecure and unemployed?

And the separation of families, especially those in nursing homes and group homes, is unbelievably painful.

With our library shutting down, numerous people who are in school will no longer be able to use their free services, like computers, internet service and so forth.

Small businesses will especially take the brunt of this.  If they are unable to sustain their losses, they may be unable to regroup and reopen.

The list goes on and on.  You probably have a list of your own.

So what can you do?

Let’s begin by thinking about others first.  Not only will it help them, but it will help you, by giving you something to do besides fret.

Oh, and you might want to up your prayers as well!

Janet Cassidy
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