Thursday, June 10, 2004
Choice...
it is a common misconception that we have a high degree of control over our lives. day after day, second after second we are out of control. accidents happen. whether it's a pregnancy, a car crash, a slip up at work, a natural disaster, or something else, accidents happen. even people who diligently plan their lives are faced with the unexpected. it's inevitable.
it is interesting to compare wealthy and impoverished women just on the family realm. wealthy women plan their lives, go to college, grad school, begin careers, work their way up the ladder. then in the blink of an eye, they're 45 and facing menopause. what happened to that family i was going to have? what happened to the miracles of the new fertility technologies? all gone. their plan to have a family slipped away from them without them even realizing it. many women in poverty face the opposite dilemma. they get pregnant, often unexpectedly, start a family, and face the reality that they will be unable to pull themselves out of poverty. they may have aspired to go to college, to rise out of poverty, to better themselves, but they choose to provide for their families instead and surrender that personal betterment. cycle of poverty. both are unhappy outcomes, and neither woman will feel like she had control over her life.
P.S. Keep them in your prayers.
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