I was on a bus some days ago with a friend and we saw some good turkey, with $5 we could grab some of them, then order an orange while eating some swallows with vegetable soup.
However, this guy and I were quick to admit that while we can comfortably afford $5, there's no way we'd actually use the money to buy a turkey.
This is because, we both had problems, needs, and even responsibilities, problems it could solve that wasn't even his or my primary problem.
He said he could send it to his mum as you buy groceries or he could use it to buy some raw materials for his printing gigs which could potentially earn him some profits.
The Importance Of $5 To The Bigger Picture
Then I remembered my brother was supposed to have surgery, even if $5 wouldn't pay for the surgery, it could potentially turn from $995 to $1000, because the doctor wasn't going to accept $995, no matter how close it is to $1000, this signals that $5 isn't totally useless and since it seemed inadequate, it could play its small part in solving the bigger problem at hand.
This was why I couldn't use the money to buy a turkey. In the grand scheme of things, we have to look at the things $5 could potentially achieve and it really wouldn't be groundbreaking.
Everyone in life deserves to take care of their wants to a sizeable extent
.....because taking care of things like "wants" might seem unnecessary, but then, it keeps us tethered, happy to be living life even if we might be poor, owning students debts, having expired rents or failing a job interview. I do not smoke nor do I take alcohol, but I can imagine a person spending the equivalent of $5 on alcohol just to forget the $500 problem they're currently having. In reality, we like to forget the problems we're currently facing, so we buy into cheaper indulgences to keep our minds off seeing the bigger picture. While this doesn't feel logical.
Because we're "sentimental beings," it's difficult for us to hold on to logicality to scale through the biggest hurdles of life.
Being poor is a prevalent issue in life, it's even more saddening especially when they cannot afford the dream life they want. But they're tapped into some other sorts of motivation to keep them going in life.
At the moment, I need a generator as well to power my apartment due to issues with electricity which have kept me unavailable. So in reality, I need about $435 to be able to buy one.
But I cannot afford this. However, you must understand that $5 is the case study here because that is the amount of money I could have used to buy a turkey. If I minus $5 from $435, I'll have about $430 left.
Seeing "No Need" When There's Actually A Need
While the $5 I subtracted is insignificant in solving that problem, it's going to be psychologically difficult for me to spend that $5 on turkey because I know... I'm conscious of the $435 problem I have. Recently, I've spent entirely everything I have on family issues.
This has put me in an uncomfortable situation. There are times I realize "oh I need a new jacket" but I'll never even try to buy it.
Rather I'll keep thinking I could manage the old one, it'll be difficult for me to accept the fact that I need a new one simply because I could channel that money into taking care of the need of another person. Most people are programmed to be providers because of the circumstances of things like family.
We cannot equally measure the worth of people except we also begin to measure the financial sacrifices they've made which makes them unable to meet up to requirements or standards. Life's unfair. When people are being judged or measured financially it's difficult to consider the essence or sacrifices they've made because their efforts or attempts are never counted In life.
For someone who's been wrongly accused of being selfish, it's quite difficult to talk about the things you've had to sacrifice because we don't go about with banners on our heads to talk about why we're financially inadequate.
This is because people make money in the open but spend it secretly on things that will be difficult for others to even fathom, withstand or envisage.
Being Made Inadequate By One's Financial Environment
I have a friend who could have become a millionaire by now, he has the skills, the ability, and the intuition to become wealthy but he's still feeding on crumbs, why? He can't build or nurture the business he's good at, because it's hard for him to raise capital for the business, because his immediate family's needs keep intruding anytime he decides to raise money.
In life we're often made inadequate by our financial environment no matter how hard we struggle, sometimes, it'll be difficult for us to spend to momentarily keep ourselves happy because we find it difficult to indulge our need to be happy when we have problems that should keep us worried and sad.
However, this is mostly possible for people who have chosen to be conscious and responsible for a fault. However, we might not be able to change this, but one thing I've discovered is that life is fickle, and we cannot be accountable to ourselves if we're dead.
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