Plenty to Spare

How often - in our individual moments of reflective wisdom - do we stop to think about the relative discomfort of the feeling that I need more - and work harder to get it - to achieve a plentiful living whilst being viewed as ungrateful by others - both near and far - genuinely struggling for survival.

I took the tube journey from Ladbroke Grove to Kings Cross to have a few precious hours in the British Library and spent the journey contemplating the sweet and bitter lament of Joni Mitchell's ode to the haves and have nots 'Banquet' on my iPod. A short excerpt I offer to you:

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Some get the gravy

And some get the gristle

Some get the marrow bone

And some get nothing

Though there's plenty to spare

...Who let the greedy in

And who left the needy out

Who made this salty soup

Tell him we're very hungry now

This led me to thinking that the art of life is a basic set of instructions that teaches in ever more practical terms how we should care about our life and the lives of others. And it is on this note that i want to recommend an insight into the current state of race and class that underpins the this dis-united states of living on our UK doorsteps. Please take a look at: The institute for Race Relations and subscribe to their weekly newsletter and then judge where you're at and what is happening to those losing the fight for survival.