Quote 7: For Unto Every One That Hath Shall Be Given, And He Shall Have Abundance: But From Him That Hath Not Shall Be Taken Away Even That Which He Hath.
- Matthew 25:29
Ancient Language J This actually put me off a bit. Thanks to our best friend, Mr. Google, I got the modern translation:
To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.
It’s pretty straightforward. Again, this gave me a flashback of what I blogged before particularly the one where I talked about the Parable of the Talents.
In our society, everyone favors the poor and impoverished. Gov’t agencies and NGOs launch numerous projects such as food outreach programs and the like to help these people.
But, are we actually helping them? For me, it’s a BIG NO!
Yes, we’re helping them by giving them food, clothes and shelter. But, we’re definitely not "helping" them in the sense that we want them to stand on their own two legs. What we actually end up doing is spoon-feeding them. We're helping them dig their own grave.
If this keeps on happening, it's gonna turn into a vicious cycle. The rich will become richer while the poor will become poorer. Because they [poor] rely on others to provide for them, they wouldn't do anything at all to change that. They already found their comfort zone by relying on others. Why would they move away from their comfort zone?
There's this 40 year old woman at Ortigas (near the J. Vargas and San Miguel Ave. Stoplight near El Pueblo) who begs for money. I've seen her several times already. She asks for some change (piso to be exact) from passers-by by telling them that she needs money to pay for her ride home.
Sometimes, I just want to tell her: Come on! Are you serious? You're wearing decent clothes, you have a big purse, jewelries and yet you're asking us for money?
I have no problem with lending people some cash especially since it's only one peso; the problem is that there are those who just keep on asking for money instead of earning their own.
Instead of giving them what they need, we should, in fact, give them the tools that will allow them to (on their own) get what they need. No wonder the rich are already getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
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