As you may already know, our Basil was defiled by a kitty. All the pretty little green leaves were scattered and eventually died off. The remaining unsprouted seeds were pushed around and scattered to heck and back, burried either far too deep or unearthed and exposed. All that hard work to develope roots, sprout, push up through the dirt and grow had been litterally pooped on. What will happen now? Did the Basil give up? Did it cry and yell and complain that life was just too hard and unfair? Nope, it most certainly did not. (Not that I was aware of anyway.) About a week later I observed little sprouts once again pushing out through the soil. Starting the process all over again, the Basil shook off the insult the kitty dumped on it and kept going as if there was no more threat of this happenening again. I couldn't help but wonder, Why would the Basil even attempt another go at surviving? Why even try? There's still a chance that our feline enemy will just come back and do the same thing, and with nobody there to protect it our Basil was vulnerable to another attack. Where's the government run BPA (Basil Protection Agency) to stop this from happening? Well there is not such agency and there never will be so my Basil took responsibility for it's own survival and pushed on. There is no "safety net" (as Romney claimed the American poor people have) for Basil who run into bad luck, and the Basil doesn't cry about it. The Basil didn't run to it's local Congress person and demand that the Government step in and intervene with regulations and funding.
So, this applies to my life in at least two ways: school and my financial status. Financially I have been on both extremes as well as middle class. At the moment I am considered middle class. During the times I fell into the lower extremes the government had certain safety nets in place for me to fall back on if needed. I worked my way up in life and eventually got pushed up into the other extreme. I had money. Lots of money. I made significantly more than I ever had before and happened to be in a relationship with somebody who made more money in one month than many people see in a year. Financially I had no worries. We paid high taxes, and our financial life was complicated with investments, property etc. But we had options. Money could be shuffled, investments either sold or shuffled around, downgrade one of our vehicles if needed. Those are just a few options I had available to me if needed. I am now middle class. I have never felt so financially vulnerable and unstable. I pay taxes, I don't get earned income credit etc. I definately do not have money and investments to shuffle. No free school, (contrary to what some believe, my husband paid for the G.I. Bill I am using, he paid with not only money but his spine so this was not free and when it runs out I will have to pay for my school) food, housing, medical. To be perfectly honest I do not want any free handouts. I don't whine about doing my fair share. I will complain about freeloaders, but I will still pay my taxes and hope they help the people who truly need temperary help in order to get back up and try again.
How does this tie into my schooling? Well, not to beat a dead horse but, I may just put a bunch of effort into something and get bad feedback. That's life, suck it up. Do better next time. That simple. The end.
