Health and Poverty in the US

Heartfelt Greetings

Please go here for two powerful and illuminating articles by Dr. Stephen Bezruchka:

Health and Poverty in the US - http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/9413

Sick of It All - Economic equality: good for what ails you http://www.realchangenews.org/2000/2000_10_15/features/sick_of_it_all.html

I dedicate this post to family, friends, co-workers, and loved ones. I dedicate this post to one of my clients who suffered a major heart attack last week and who was dead on arrival at the hospital - but then able to be revived. This client is five years younger than I am, but had lived a lifetime in poverty; it is not known if this person will survive or not. And I dedicate this post to all of us everywhere in America who are impacted by the current economic system that results in such profoundly growing disparities between the rich and the poor in what is said to be the wealthiest nation on Earth. May we recognize and transform our justification of greed or simple apathy or ignorance toward our fellow human beings. May we all be blessed with connecting more with the riches of our hearts and simple genuine caring for ourselves and others. May we all take whatever steps we each can to know and care more about the poverty of our nation - both material and spiritual poverty. And may we each grow in courage and commitment to do whatever we can to work individually and collectively toward creating a nation and a world that truly cares and works for all.

Peace & blessings,

Molly

"First they ignore you; then they laugh at you; then they fight you;

then you win." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

"True compassion is more than flinging a coin at a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.