Status Quo

Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again. ~ Frances Rodman

The Rotary program on Zambia —
touching, but I'd seen it.
Different hemisphere, other countries,
but a Nicaraguan dump,
a Mexican wheelchair distribution...
Kaylee came with me, sat absorbing,
touched. Two weeks later said
how wealthy she felt, having food,
not fearing high odds of childbirth death.
We sit here longing for bigger, better
but having that already. Jealousy,
envy, desire for prestige, comfort, ease...
and we don't even see what we have.