Last week I watched a very poor man put his last dollar in a hat that was being passed around to support a community effort he believes in. His action affected me so much that I can't stop thinking about what what circumstances might inspire me to take the same action.
Now, I'd like to know Waccos, what would you give your last dollar for?
:waccosmile:
Clancy
12-12-2007, 07:21 PM
It's very easy to give your last dollar away, I've done it myself. Your last thousand dollars, now that would be difficult.
Last week I watched a very poor man put his last dollar in a hat that was being passed around to support a community effort he believes in. His action affected me so much that I can't stop thinking about what what circumstances might inspire me to take the same action.
Now, I'd like to know Waccos, what would you give your last dollar for?
:waccosmile:
Willie Lumplump
12-12-2007, 08:25 PM
It's very easy to give your last dollar away, I've done it myself. Your last thousand dollars, now that would be difficult.
Well-spoken. However, I would give a lot in support of a blockade of war materials moving across county or city lines. Let them haul me off to jail, the sob's.
Dark Shadows
12-12-2007, 08:25 PM
I would give my last dollar so that the innocent could be spared pain and suffering. As the mother of a cancer survivor, I have seen a lot of pain and suffering that may have been prevented if there was a way to prevent the disease. Some of the children that we knew that did not survive lived in areas with a high cancer rate (Martinez, for one). These children might still be alive today if we had prevented the refineries and toxic waste dumps from being there to begin with.
Last week I watched a very poor man put his last dollar in a hat that was being passed around to support a community effort he believes in. His action affected me so much that I can't stop thinking about what what circumstances might inspire me to take the same action.
Now, I'd like to know Waccos, what would you give your last dollar for?
:waccosmile:
wunda
12-13-2007, 11:43 AM
well said! anyone else?
It was this man's last dollar. He has been looking for work for a while. Stretched his money as far as he could as long as he could, and when he was down to his last dollar.... he donated it to a cause he believed in.
I would give my last dollar so that the innocent could be spared pain and suffering. As the mother of a cancer survivor, I have seen a lot of pain and suffering that may have been prevented if there was a way to prevent the disease. Some of the children that we knew that did not survive lived in areas with a high cancer rate (Martinez, for one). These children might still be alive today if we had prevented the refineries and toxic waste dumps from being there to begin with.
mykil
12-13-2007, 02:07 PM
When I was a young lad, I would give my last dollar away on a daily basis. At first I was addicted to coke, and spent every last cent I earned on the little white powder. That was in my early teens. Then it was spent on Beer, every last cent in my late teens and early twenties. Then I settled down and had a few kidz; all the money went to food on a nightly basis. Every last cent! BEER AND FOOD! Luckily I never had to pay rent or any utilities, I alwayz worked off my rent. I would have a system that went something like this. Every night after work I would get twenty buck and go to the store and spend it all. That really was living day to day and really the easy life. Simple and ever lasting, well for about fifteen years anyway. I don’t live day to day anymore, and haven’t spent my last dollar in years. But for me giving my last dollar away would be an easy task. It’s been done to-death and probably will be done again by me on a daily circumstance in this life time.
Lorrie
12-13-2007, 02:17 PM
:heart:Well then can I have it?Big Smile... I want a beer!!:havinabeer:
When I was a young lad, I would give my last dollar away on a daily basis. At first I was addicted to coke, and spent every last cent I earned on the little white powder. That was in my early teens. Then it was spent on Beer, every last cent in my late teens and early twenties. Then I settled down and had a few kidz; all the money went to food on a nightly basis. Every last cent! BEER AND FOOD! Luckily I never had to pay rent or any utilities, I alwayz worked off my rent. I would have a system that went something like this. Every night after work I would get twenty buck and go to the store and spend it all. That really was living day to day and really the easy life. Simple and ever lasting, well for about fifteen years anyway. I don’t live day to day anymore, and haven’t spent my last dollar in years. But for me giving my last dollar away would be an easy task. It’s been done to-death and probably will be done again by me on a daily circumstance in this life time.
shellebelle
12-13-2007, 04:01 PM
It would be to others. A dollar is very little to give but the heart behind it can be oh so much more.
I am known to forsake myself and my comfort to ensure someone else's even if it costs me more than I have to give. My children, my family, my friends even those who I don't particularly care for have never doubted I'd give my life for them and theirs and still don't.
A firm believer in give and you shall receive - and I have never been disappointed.
Now, I'd like to know Waccos, what would you give your last dollar for?
Willie Lumplump
12-13-2007, 07:34 PM
Now, I'd like to know Waccos, what would you give your last dollar for?
I really feel on the spot here. Generally I'm quite fearless. Once I even brought a knife to a gunfight (well, it's a complicated story). But the one thing that has always made me tremble is poverty. I could face death unafraid, but your talk about my giving away my last dollar makes my liver quiver and my knees freeze.
Willie Lumplump
12-13-2007, 07:36 PM
When I was a young lad, I would give my last dollar away on a daily basis. At first I was addicted to coke, and spent every last cent I earned on the little white powder. That was in my early teens. Then it was spent on Beer, every last cent in my late teens and early twenties. Then I settled down and had a few kidz; all the money went to food on a nightly basis. Every last cent! BEER AND FOOD! Luckily I never had to pay rent or any utilities, I alwayz worked off my rent. I would have a system that went something like this. Every night after work I would get twenty buck and go to the store and spend it all. That really was living day to day and really the easy life. Simple and ever lasting, well for about fifteen years anyway. I don’t live day to day anymore, and haven’t spent my last dollar in years. But for me giving my last dollar away would be an easy task. It’s been done to-death and probably will be done again by me on a daily circumstance in this life time.
There is much courage in what you say, and I respect you for it.