(th)Ink Shedding

"'When you Grow up poor, you might not practice delay as much,' he says. 'And if you don't practice then you'll never figure out how to distract yourself.'" Well when you are poor or used to going without, when you do get something, you essentially pounce. Like a starving person would devour a meal once it was put in front of them.Therefore they do not know how to restrain themselves from their desire as well as those who always have what they need do. I think this is what he meant by that. Practicing delay might be something done by those more fortunate to practice obedience. Poverty can create a great desire for wanting and therefore would make practicing a delay almost unrealistic. Because there has never been a feeling of having, the moment something is theirs they will take the opportunity. People who already have what they want and need would not understand how it feels to not have at all. Putting people in that type of situation might help, because "you don't know what yo have until it's gone". Giving fortunate people the ability to be thankful for what they have compared to less fortunate people. though many times when the poor finally have something, they use it up like their supply is endless like antibacterial soap. they'll use maybe 2 maybe 3 pumps when it's practically full. As it decreases they may begin to delay gratification and use less and wash less.

Signed,
Cassandra Rose Blaise DeMarco