Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
They say that to truly understand a person you have to walk a mile in their shoes, but socio-economic differences can make it hard to fully wrap your mind around what it’s like to live another person’s life.
That’s why even a peek behind the curtain of what it’s like to live as a poor person can go a long way in encouraging kindness and grace, even if our true understanding is still lacking.
#15. Just to stay above water.
“The mental and emotional weight. It feels like you’re just going from crisis to crisis, expending all your effort just to stay above water, always knowing that something else is just around the corner, and it might be the big one that puts you down for good.
When I finally saved up enough to live on for a couple months, just the security that I could handle a crisis if needed was a huge load off my mind and significantly improved my happiness and mental health.”
#14. The embarrassment.
“The embarrassment of having to remove things from the belt at the cash register.”
#13. Another fee.
“It costs money to be poor. Don’t have enough in your bank account: get charged a fee. Can’t afford to pay rent on time: another fee.”
#12. A big part of it.
“I think hiding the embarrass that can be a big part of it. When your friends want to do things and you can either admit you’re poor, make an excuse to not go, or go and sit there and buy nothing.”
#11. It’s only a dollar.
“When someone says “It’s only a dollar” and you literally don’t…
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