Physically Vs. Emotional

          Sorry I am just writing another entry and it will be short because it is on my phone. My computer is down again. It has also been a long and tiring week for me. Along with busy.
           I was talking to a friend this week and we got on the subject of physical vs. Emotional appearance in the US compared to other nations and it really made me think. I have noticed the same thing since being in Mexico and Guatemala. US has problems with emotions and countries in poverty has problems with physical. That is because we live different lives.
           People in poverty stricken countries are more worried about their health and need help with that. Because of their health, they have to depend on God everyday so their spiritual/emotional health is strong. They have no idea where their next meal or house will come from. They have no drs. to depend on for meds. Or to tell them how to get well. The only Healer they have is God.
             Us, people in the US, though have all of that plus more. Yet we are lost more spiritually and emotionally. We depend on our careers more and drs. More and so on that we forget who to talk to sometimes. When we get sad or stressed or even depressed, we eat tons of food. We even buy things to make us feel better or help us celebrate. We are so much more material then humans.
            We do not get what God is telling us most of the time because we are too busy. Have you ever been overseas and wonder why do I feel calm and/or why are the people so happy? Can I tell you the answer? It is because they do not have all of this material stuff to block the suffering. They share it with their community face to face. They are real with each other and help each other out.
              Where has life gone like that in the US? Are we becoming too rich and self centered? Instead of being a nation that helps, are we becoming a selfish nation, not just with other nations but our people as well? We have the supplies and resources so what are we doing with them. I am not big on talking about the nation as a whole but these questions are good questions to think about.