Note to reader: I do not need you to agree with whatever I write, as whatever that is written is my perspective on life, in general. If you do not agree, just take it as a pinch of salt.
In time.
The title of a movie released in 2011 where it follows the story of a guy, the modern day Robin Hood.
I shall not elaborate more about the contents of the film. So I will leave it to you to watch it for yourself, also I am not so good at giving summaries. It is good and thought intriguing film, thumbs up for the film and it is encouraged to be watched.
As mentioned earlier, the film was thought intriguing and so it led me to write this post. I do not want to hide this in my journal as I think it is something worth sharing with the world, since poverty is a real and serious issue that the world is currently dealing with. In the film, the main lead gave “time”(the currency in the film) stolen to the poor. Personally, I think that the act of giving is a really commendable act. However, the act of stealing is wrong, morally and personally. “Stealing what is stolen is not stealing” was the idea that the characters used to justify their actions. In my own opinion, two wrongs do not make a right. Back to my point, the film also highlighted a scene where the main lead gave a decade (or more) worth of “time” to his best friend and the friend went to gamble his life away, literally. I then remembered one GP lecturer saying that we should not be fighting for rich people to give money to the poor or money given directly to the poor, but we should be fighting for reasonable wages, better working conditions, better standard of living and more/equal opportunities presented all. Simply giving money, in general, without any limit will tend to screw the entire economic system, lead to the "free-rider" problem and greed and selfishness will prosper among us. This is something we would not want. Instead, by ensuring that one’s hard work is not undervalued or overvalued and no one is deprived of opportunities to succeed, will not lead to the free-riders problem and a situation, where someone works hard all day long to earn a merger pay that is not enough to feed oneself or one’s family, will unlikely happen. I am not saying that this is the be all and end all to alleviate poverty, what I am saying is it is point worth considering and maybe worth trying. I am not perfect, neither are my proposed solutions but it is the best that this 18 year old could think of and hope for.
This world is indeed in a huge mess, but fret not, there is still hope. Hope for those who believe in Jesus Christ, for He came to make everything in order. Something learnt from the youth camp. All these we see in the world just simply points us to the fact that earthly things should not be the objects in which we place our hope in but our hope should be placed in the HEAVENLY FATHER, the eternal and permanent.
I do not know how I manage to digress into the last point, but it seems right to me. So now you know why I blog and not write articles in the newspapers:)) Work in progress, will get there eventually or never. But worth the try, we ain't living forever.
Mic3helle
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