Thanks to bloglines

...I found something of a good reminder of priorities while reading Tom Reynolds' blog yesterday. It's worth reading. Slowly.

I can relate to a few:

Being poor is stopping the car to take a lamp from a stranger's trash.
Being poor is off-brand toys.
Being poor is getting angry at your kids for asking for all the crap they see on TV.
Being poor is not talking to that girl [guy] because she'll [he'll] probably just laugh at your clothes.
Being poor is needing that 35-cent raise.
Being poor is knowing you work as hard as anyone, anywhere.
Being poor is never buying anything someone else hasn't bought first.

A few are completely outside my personal frame of reference. But I know that there are people in my little city who can relate to each and every one of the items on the list.

I hope I can remember that when I grouse about having too much mayo on my $20 sandwich next time I eat at a nice restaurant.