My Life Is G!

Seriously, it is.

According to the United Nations, three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day and roughly 80% of the total world income is occupied by the richest 20%. The downfall about wealth is that it doesn't necessarily equal happiness. There are many naïve citizens including, at impulsive times, me. We often take materialistic goods for granted to an extent that they have evolved into our adapted needs. We need to take a step back and examine our lives.

I, for one, am grateful for the fact that opportunities are everywhere. I am neither constrained physically nor mentally. I can read, write, and play hockey to my heart's delight. My rights to life, liberty, and security have never been a problem here in Canada. Except in extraordinary situations, those rights are entrenched into the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Other people have not been so lucky. Look at Nick Vujicic.



I've always believed in lowering the disparity of wealth in my own personal life. When I find a decent job, I'll most likely donate a sizable proportion of my income to various charitable organizations in order to receive income tax benefits rather than paying directly to the government. Ironically enough, bureaucratic jobs interest me. In any case, I'm not a Communist. If anything, Vujijic embodies the capitalist belief that trying hard equals success. I just believe in diminishing the gap between the rich and the poor. Is that so bad?

This year, I will sacrifice my Sunday bakery snack for the next two months and donate 80 cents (the cost of a curry beef bun) each week to the World Vision collection initiative at my church. In addition, I will send a shoebox filled with toys to Samaritan's Purse Canada's Operation Christmas Child as I have done so for the past seven years.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!