Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Scarcity
The guarantee that most of the population has when they open up a tap to get water; flick a switch to turn on the light or fan; open the fridge to take out some food. This is an assurance or rather a guaranteed or given that we don't think about any more. It it's expected that when we do the above, we will get what we came looking for - food, water, electricity. All off our needs will be fulfilled. But what about the rest of the population? Probably a large part of the worlds population still stand in a queue to get water at a specific time of the day, from a specific set of easy sources, possibly not so clean. Electricity is not really a given there. Burning a lamp to get some light it's the norm & again there it's no guarantee that there it's enough oil left fort the night or for the time to turn on the light. Food is a daily battle also. It's not as easy as to go to a superstore and pick some on there way home. The days goods must be earned that day, with the days wages. Any blip there and you risk your family going hungry for the night.
For those with means, it's important that we don't abuse the facilities that we take for granted on a minute by minute basis, something that will make the basics slightly more accessible to those in dire need. So next time you turn on a light or open there fridge in the night, remember someone else out there can't. Use you're resources wisely.
For those with means, it's important that we don't abuse the facilities that we take for granted on a minute by minute basis, something that will make the basics slightly more accessible to those in dire need. So next time you turn on a light or open there fridge in the night, remember someone else out there can't. Use you're resources wisely.