Comments on: Mama Lucy on Poverty http://epicchangeblog.org/2008/10/15/mama-lucy-on-poverty/ A diary of an experiment in social entrepreneurship Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:50:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Meg http://epicchangeblog.org/2008/10/15/mama-lucy-on-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-4719 Meg Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:33:46 +0000 http://epicchangeblog.org/?p=387#comment-4719 Thank you for this inspirational post! Thank you for this inspirational post!

]]> By: Tracy Pell http://epicchangeblog.org/2008/10/15/mama-lucy-on-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-4718 Tracy Pell Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:26:33 +0000 http://epicchangeblog.org/?p=387#comment-4718 Having worked with some of the poorest of the poor here in the US, I have seen how poverty is often a state of mind. There is the real lack of resources and then there is the mental state that tells a person that there can never be more than what they have today and life offers nothing but more of the same. Mama Lucy you are right... you are not poor. As hard as it can be to find a way to survive without the material things that you need to thrive, it is tragic, when a person gets into that place where they are truly "poor" When your spirit and mind are strong, you are "rich"! I stuggled with my post for this day, and you have said what I wanted to say, but couldn't. Thank you Having worked with some of the poorest of the poor here in the US, I have seen how poverty is often a state of mind. There is the real lack of resources and then there is the mental state that tells a person that there can never be more than what they have today and life offers nothing but more of the same.

Mama Lucy you are right… you are not poor. As hard as it can be to find a way to survive without the material things that you need to thrive, it is tragic, when a person gets into that place where they are truly “poor” When your spirit and mind are strong, you are “rich”!

I stuggled with my post for this day, and you have said what I wanted to say, but couldn’t.
Thank you

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://epicchangeblog.org/2008/10/15/mama-lucy-on-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-4717 Kim Woodbridge Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:22:02 +0000 http://epicchangeblog.org/?p=387#comment-4717 Mama Lucy sounds like an amazing person. It was interesting to read about her perspective and ideas. I'm sure that frequently those who want to do good think that they know best and don't take into account the needs of each specific community. I am so pleased to have a small part in the great work that you are doing here. Mama Lucy sounds like an amazing person. It was interesting to read about her perspective and ideas. I’m sure that frequently those who want to do good think that they know best and don’t take into account the needs of each specific community.

I am so pleased to have a small part in the great work that you are doing here.

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