Title: This Is The Harsh Reality Of What It Means To Be Poor
Headings: The Realities Of Being Poor
The Realities Of Being Poor
Not everyone on welfare is “working the system.”
Poverty is not self-imposed.
Poverty is not easy to escape.
People who aren’t poor cannot possibly “get it.”
“Luxuries” are an important part of life.
It costs money to be poor.
Poor people don’t need sympathy; they need compassion.

Content: Nobody asks for this type of circumstance. Nobody. Poverty is not easy to escape. If “poverty is self-imposed” were a train, then “Why don’t they just do something about it?” would be the caboose; one always follows the other. Being poor is like being at the bottom of a deep, dirty hole. You may find an occasional foothold, a root to grab here or there, but the soil crumbles beneath your weight or the root snaps — and when you fall, you often find that the hole is deeper than before. When you get your water turned back on so you can bathe and flush and cook your ramen noodles, your car dies. When you get your car fixed, you lose your job.