>>Begging involves a lot of courage
>and perseverance, and it can
>take a while for the
>person who often begs or
>unduly asks for help to
>be given what he or
>she wants (so the energy
>it takes to beg could
>also have been used to
>do for self). Something that
>was begged for is likely
>to be limited, below what
>was required or unsatisfactory. Sometimes
>receivers may tend to exercise
>less care in utilizing things
>that were given to them
>free of charge.
>
>This proverb is a warning against
>laziness and giving of those
>who choose not to do
>for themselves. People who work
>hard rather than habitually ask
>for favors turn out to
>achieve more and be more
>materially and psychologically contented than
>those who often look to
>be pitied and done favors.
>
>
>This reminds me of the reparations
>argument: REPARATIONS COULD NEVER BE
>ENOUGH! Instead of asking for
>bread crumbs, Afrikans need to
>bake their own bread!


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giving us life and secondly for making that life worth
living." -Mary Mc Leod Bethune

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2. U are white
-(Me)

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