Reply #25: I don't know what makes someone elite

[PWRinNY]

I think most people in this country agree with us here. Just because the media spins and lies about what Americans think doesn't mean that most Americans aren't in agreement with us to a large extent.

Collectively, we have the same problems. We share a lot. Many of us have similar stories. And many of us fight to the end, never losing hope, daring to tell truth to power, acquiring wisdom, and showing enormous will and strength to survive.

I was born into a poor family, had to eat government cheese and accompany my mother to the state assistance office because she couldn't afford a sitter for me and my 3 siblings, but now my neighbors are the Clintons.

I've been wronged, but I work to make things right, regardless what the issue may be.

I don't make a lot of money for where I live, but I have a job (for now), and I can support myself.

My Honda isn't a BMW or a Jaguar, like so many have around here. But it's mine. I worked hard for it, and it gets me safely to where I need to go.

I don't own a million dollar home, like so many do around here, but I have shelter, and I'm surrounded by gardens and wildlife and beauty.

I wasn't college educated, but I spend many hours of my life researching things I want to know about - health - history - physics - astronomy - culture - religion - and I have more knowledge now than I would have come away from college with.

My mother couldn't afford a sit-in nurse after she had a brain aneurysm and a stroke (brought on by mercury poisoning), but she had me, free of charge, to spend some of the best years of my life with her - and she healed, and I still have a mother.

I'm not told the truth by the media or even people who care about me, but I'm curious enough to dig for my own truth.

When I lost my faith, I searched for truth instead.

When my loved ones need me, I'm there for them.

When we're faced with a fight for our future, for our country, I answer the call and take action to make sure we don't lose our way.

The point is - what's the difference between me and anyone else? We're all human, we all bleed, we all cry, we all share common problems, and we all help each other through. Are we elite for that? Hell, I don't know. But we ARE all human, and each of us special in some way. I haven't spent a lot of time on DU until recently, but you all impress me to no end, the way you take care of each other, and I'm proud to be here with you.