Essay On Proximity Vs. Distance: The Influence Of Charity
Proximity vs Distance: The Influence of Charity
We as humans don’t think of it immediately as it happens in front of our eyes but it’s still a thought that deeply lingers within our unconscious brain as we see that one dollar that we worked so hard for escape the tight grasp of our hands and end up being crammed into another dusty cash register. Now a days it seems as if our cringe and shiver with fear every time we walk into a store and then it practically seems to be sobbing for mercy when we get into the dreadful long and boring checkout lanes. As if to add more insult to injury we wallets than begin to hear the cheerful voice of the evil cashier who’s bagging our items ask “hello sir/mam, would you like to donate a dollar to...” it’s at that given moment where most of us begin to doubt and wonder if that one dollar which we worked so hard for really will make a difference in someone’s life. Sometimes we can’t help but to wonder if that dollar even makes it to the charity that was being advertised by the store. This leads us to being in deep thought out the day that …show more content…
However I also come to the realization as to why I answered in this manner. It’s probably has to be due to the fact that I know a lot of people down here with in my community and within my city that could use those ten dollars. I also know that where I come from theirs a lot of poverty in every neighborhood and there’s a lot of people who often times go to sleep without having dinner with their families or that are barely getting by with the clothes on their backs. Heck theirs a lot of poverty in our own back yards many Mexicans whom are not taken into consideration when we think of extreme poverty why spend giving ten dollars to people thousands of miles away when we have people who need our help right next to
We as humans don’t think of it immediately as it happens in front of our eyes but it’s still a thought that deeply lingers within our unconscious brain as we see that one dollar that we worked so hard for escape the tight grasp of our hands and end up being crammed into another dusty cash register. Now a days it seems as if our cringe and shiver with fear every time we walk into a store and then it practically seems to be sobbing for mercy when we get into the dreadful long and boring checkout lanes. As if to add more insult to injury we wallets than begin to hear the cheerful voice of the evil cashier who’s bagging our items ask “hello sir/mam, would you like to donate a dollar to...” it’s at that given moment where most of us begin to doubt and wonder if that one dollar which we worked so hard for really will make a difference in someone’s life. Sometimes we can’t help but to wonder if that dollar even makes it to the charity that was being advertised by the store. This leads us to being in deep thought out the day that …show more content…
However I also come to the realization as to why I answered in this manner. It’s probably has to be due to the fact that I know a lot of people down here with in my community and within my city that could use those ten dollars. I also know that where I come from theirs a lot of poverty in every neighborhood and there’s a lot of people who often times go to sleep without having dinner with their families or that are barely getting by with the clothes on their backs. Heck theirs a lot of poverty in our own back yards many Mexicans whom are not taken into consideration when we think of extreme poverty why spend giving ten dollars to people thousands of miles away when we have people who need our help right next to