This evening, I attended what is called the "Famine Feast" put on by our campus's hunger awareness group. Is was sort of like a poverty simulation, and it definitely helped the participants, like myself, to see what it was like to live in a lower social class than we are used to. We were put into three different social classes, lower, middle and upper, and we were served different meals based on our class. I hadn't eaten dinner, because I figured "feast" meant there would be plenty of food to go around! When I was placed into the lower class, however, I was quickly proven wrong! My class was given a large pan of rice, which we had to eat with our hands, and the middle class was given watered down soup and some saltines. Meanwhile, we had to watch the "upper class" feast on spaghetti and bread.
This experience showed me how much I take for granted, and I am so much more thankful for all of that now. I am so thankful that I have food/a meal plan and can eat whatever, whenever. I am also thankful that I can afford to go to this wonderful private school to get an education, and that I know that I will always have a roof over my head or at least a place to go if someday I don't. I am so thankful for the clothes that I have, nearly an endless supply, and for my health and my family's health. I am so blessed, and hope/plan to share those blessings with others now that I see the need even more than I did before!
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