Attitude of Poverty

Breaking the attitude of poverty.

Or, From entitlement to empowerment..

part one

Poverty can is defined by both lack of resorces and a lack of choices. The poorest of the poor have few choices with few resources. They are faced with making a choice like, “Do I spend the only five gourdes I have on clean water, or do I by a piece of bread, and drink from the polluted river?”

With little if any education, how does someone know how to make a good choice between, “When I sell my vegetables in the market, do I buy more food, or do I buy my child a Tampico?” (Tampico is a sugary fruit flavored drink with little or no nutritional value)

Sustainable change begins with people. It begins by asking “What problems do you want to solve”, not “What can somebody else do for you”.

People need to be asked what do they have, not what do they need.

The only control a person has is over themselfs, and the resorces they do have. Only they can change the way they view their resources.

The first step out of poverty is to value what you have.

If you do not value what little you have, it will be taken away from you.

If you do not value your water, it will become polluted. If you do not value your trees and cut them down, you will loose your soil. If you do not value your opportunities for education you will spiral down in ignorance, destroying future generations as well.

When you know truth, but choose lies, you become blind to truth.

Even if you have little, if you use it wisely, it will grow and you will have more.

Small seeds grow into big trees.