Just Thinking

I've been sittinking here thinking. I think I know where I went wrong. I've just have put to much faith in humanity. Not individual people, but the culture as a whole. I've had this crazy idea that, any good that I've done to somehow affect individual lives in a positive way, would in some way would come back to me when I needed it the most. 

The time of needing it the most has arrived. The Good deeds has not come back to me. It seems with each passing day, I loose something else.

As far as culture is concerned there are but 2 groups of people. The "haves" and the "haves nots". I'm apart of the "have not" group. I've known this for a very, very long time, and still, I just keep doing what is right. Loving others.  Being there to help when it was needed.

The thing about that is, when your in the "have not" group, it doesn't always work out for you. Most of the time, other that the people you have touched, is the satisfaction of knowing that you did something to make the life of others just a little bit better.

Again, I'm not writing this to make myself a hero, or anything like that. I'm writing this in an attempt to raise awareness to the fact that this sort of stuff matters. I'm hoping to to turn hearts and minds toward actually caring about the people who have sacrificed to the point of loosing everything but their life.

Oh sure. There are plenty of people who help. I know that to be true, as I have gotten some help, and continue to help. And that means everything to me. I can't express enough how much that means.

Having said that, alot of the people who do try to make the life's of other's  better, The only thing it cost them is money, which can be a charitable contribution on taxes, and time.

But, how many loose it all?

I don't know who all will see this, but if, by some chance you do, and you agree with the content, would there be any harm in promoting this article by sharing. You might be like me, and think that the people that would be seeing it via your share, wouldn't really care anyway, so what's the point?

The truth is, that you could be right, but you don't know it to be 100% certainty. Even if just 1 person that would see it from your share was touched enough to share it with their list of friends, and a few more from that share, and so on, until ir spread like wild fire. Maybe some of those people who see it feels moved to contribute in a Monterey way, directly.

I am well aware of the doubts with a direct contribution.  I've had them myself. Like. If the person is addicted to drugs, or has a very unhealthy relationship with alcohol,  then I would just be feeding their habit. That is true. That very well could be the case. Do we let the one's who wouldn't abuse your contribution go without?

I've donated to several causes over the years. Just given money to people because they were low on money, only to find out later that Prehaps I shouldn't have. The cause was not as it claimed, or the person use the money that I gave them to feed their addiction. Things start running through you head like, what if they were on the wagon? Perhaps because they didn't have the means to feed their addiction,  never the less, regardless of how they got on the wagon, they were there, and the contribution you made was just the force that was needed to much them off?

I've had those very same thought race through my mind. And if it's  a drug addiction,  you don't want to feel responsible should you give them enough money that allows them to O.D.

Going back to ways to contribute.  It doesn't have to be all Monterey.  I've started this blog, pouring my soul out for anyone to see. As I've already stated, I have no idea as to how many that is, or will be. But someone who does, may just have the hacks that would be helpful in giving this blog a high ranking search position, so that more people will see it, and maybe want to financially help me out.

Other than loading it down with relevant key words, I don't know what else to do. I certainly can't pay for a high ranking position, or for any marketing. So, does anyone have any suggestions of how to make that happen, rather for now or in the future?

I've been told by a few people that I'm a good writer. Can some gives me some tips of how I can utilize this skill to generate income. That would be great. If anyone could steer me in that direction, I wouldn't need to rely on charity.

I've had good ideas in the past, and still do at time, but lack the finances that would be needed to get the idea from my head to a product, to the market.

Thanks to anyone who reads this. And, thank you if you share it.