Ladybug,
I do apologize if I left you with the impression that I think wealthy people are solely responsible for the welfare of others.

I know there are a lot of wealthy people who have been blessed, they know where those blessings are from and give to others.

What I'm referring to are those who don't acknowledge that they are tiny specks of sand in the universe and that if it weren't for their creator, they would have no significance at all as would any of us.

There are just as many greedy needy. I'm not referring to the charitable contributions that are extorted from those of means. What I'm referring to are the personal contributions from a heart that sees the need in an individual's life and responds out of gratitude for what they have been given and that they actually HAVE the means to give.

My grandmother was very comfortable also and when she died there was a big family feud over who got what and my mom got nothing. When my husband died, the things of value he left behind were the kindnesses shown to me and my daughters and family and the many friends he made. His work is sitting in a warehouse, his ashes are with me, his money is gone. What is left are the wonderful kindnesses he showed to others and his selfless giving.

When greed puts people out of work so that they can drive their Porsche's and their Jaguars and they vie with each other to see who can big the bigger more ostentatious palace, that is wrong and when children go hungry and the elderly dig through the trash for food, when a family panics because they are one paycheck away from homelessness and there is no food in the house, that is wrong, wrong, wrong.