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To your prosperity,

Sue

When I read articles like this, accompanied with the pictures of the starving children — the innocents — I feel sickened and disgusted with humanity.  So much spent on war, and the killing of people — why not the saving of people?  Priorities are skewed, hearts are not in the right place, and money is usually the focus.  Ok, oil is usually the focus, but what is oil except money? 

Let’s open our hearts more before we use our heads, and work for the good of all.

To your prosperity,

Sue

How can I either (a) get a “job” job that doesn’t sap my energy or use up all my time, or (b) do what I love and generate an income by doing that?  Isn’t that everyone’s dilemma? 

I ended my “job” job three weeks ago, in order to fulfill a promise to my daughter — to attend the birth of my first grand baby.  It was an amazing experience that I would NOT have missed, no matter what, and giving up a job to do that was hardly a second thought.  This was definitely more important, and most likely one of the greatest experiences in my lifetime. 

So, I am now in contemplation mode — and thinking of ways to generate an income (which will enable me to meet many of my needs) while feeling very fulfilled at the same time.  I have put out many applications since my return home from the birth and I find it interesting that I have not heard back, or have not been chosen, for any of them.  Am I upset?  No.  Perhaps a bit confused, but still relishing the fact that I may have to focus more, and only, on my passion projects.  I am not upset about that — no way, no how. 

I’ll keep you posted on how things progress.

To your prosperity,

Sue

So, when I come across articles like this one that speaks to homeless people being used as pawns so that a hospital can make money, it makes me really wonder what is actually happening in all the areas of the “business” of health care.  There is lots of info already out there on pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, etc. etc. etc.

Perhaps the people involved don’t see themselves as being out of integrity, since they are actually giving a homeless person a place to live for a few days every once in awhile, with meals and fluids, etc.  However, the overhead costs of them doing so in a hospital setting surely exceeds a regular shelter meeting those same needs.  And, who is ultimately paying for all this?  Hmmm…

To your HEALTH and prosperity,

Sue

Going to work ill was not a great experience — not for me and certainly not for the customers and the staff I worked with.  So, why did I do it?  Ummm…for the money?  Of course.  On my meager wage, I could barely pay my bills, let alone have a “buffer” to create an “emergency fund.”  So, if my employer couldn’t support me while I was ill, who else would?

This article spurred my interest in writing about the topic today because it lets me know I am not alone.  In whose best interest is it that an employee go to work sick?  Nobodies.

To your health AND prosperity.

Sue

What caught my attention was in a list of supposed benefits of the product, one of them being…helping with “economy class syndrome.”  Hmmm…I thought.  What does that mean?  Are people who fly economy at risk for health issues?  The little plug states…

“(product) has been shown to counteract swelling in the lower limbs and decreased platelet activity that can occur as a result of prolonged sitting and decreased air pressure prevalent in airplane cabins.  This syndrome is known as “economy class syndrome” or Deep Vein Thrombosis.”

Gee, I didn’t know I was at risk of something if I didn’t fly first class?  Did you?  

But it got me thinking…are there “poor people’s diseases?”  Well, yup…in doing a search on just that sequence of words, there ARE poor people’s diseases!  I found a couple of links that shed a bit of light on the subject for me.

The first link is quite dated (2001), but informed me of the three specific “poor people’s diseases,” specifically sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis.  One profound statement from that site is: 

“Drugs are not developed according to public health need, but according to profitability,” laments Dr Pecoul, who adds that a new paradigm is urgently needed to address this fatal imbalance.”

This article taught me that there is some good news – yup… “aids is NOT a poor people’s disease!”  How lucky for us all!  This paragraphs kind of sums it up…

“As fatal illnesses go, AIDS is the best one for a poor person to catch because rich people get it, too. The other diseases might as well hang out a sign: “Poor People Only.” They offer researchers no profitable market. They have little political constituency. There is no well-connected group of sufferers who stage protests and lobby pharmaceutical companies and Congress to develop better medicines or make existing ones more available. The response to disease is political: the illnesses of invisible people usually stay invisible.”

In both articles, it also added the diseases tuberculosis and malaria as well.  Hmmm…

To your prosperity,

Sue

To your prosperity,

Sue