TO BE POOR IS A CRIME
There's a popular saying in Jamaica that goes "the strugggle is real". And it has never been more truer for me . The struggle is real. I'm on my knees and I'm crawling but it doesn't make a difference. Why is that everytime you feel like you're making some sort of change, that you're making some sort of progress you manage to end right back at square one. Right back at the bottom. I am very much aware I am poor. I was born into poverty and I know what its like to struggle. I knoe what its like to bite your lip and cut your eyes at things you just can't afford. I know what its like to save out of nothing. I know what its like to have missed opportunities or experiences due to your financial status. I know what its like to be shamed and shunned because of your financial status. I know what its like to be pitied. I know what its like to give up on dreams because you just can't fund it. But things were getting better. They were looking up. The ...