The Unseen
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EMAND, which is in the field of debt counseling work told me about the case of a 19-year-old: due to certain circumstances at him two or three thousand euros accumulated debt, he finds a place in the semi-skilled area with a small but regular income, a plan meticulously redemption rates, housing costs, items of clothing, food, etc. are held. It goes almost to zero to zero. Asked about his goals, his eyes light up a moment: € 20 per month to cover - for the license. That's all. € 20 per month, which provide a hope that he might allow the perseverance ...
So what? are you might think. What is telling us this now? No cancer, no car accident, not a starving child. Not even a job. Exactly. He - let's call him just once Sigi - Sigi is the caste of the invisible in our country. The Invisible. These are those that are ignored by the media spotlight, because it does not move you to tears, do not give ratings, generate no sympathy. The Invisible. They are those who complain at the kitchen table or even a neighbor to the regulars of buddies and whine. Those who live in the glow of twilight realm, into which dips no outsider. Those who accept a second job - to - because their main job is not enough. And do this job. Those lone parents, the children dress properly, take care of their homework, provide food - and never know how they rumkriegen the last days before the end of the month. But do it. Those old people who go out after midnight, the flicker of the TV and know that the next visit of the first daughter will be in four weeks. And wait.
A second set in the context of another case has been set for me a few weeks ago. Again, no report that it will create a newspaper. A small village here in the region. It is the everyday life of a 11-jährigens girl. After school she goes home. It is up to 17 clock there alone, doing her homework, playing Playstation. Then there is her father, but who spends most evenings with his new girlfriend. It is supplied with food. She watches television. - The girl was asked about her greatest wish. You had to think for long: "Do not be alone." No, something is not headline. For it is the rate of an invisible ...
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Thank you for this post. I also consider myself to this unseen group - on the bank debt, little income, small goals.
But soon I made it, and now my biggest wish is simply: at some point to keep money in the account that is not scheduled.
It is one of empathy and compassion ... to see it - the unseen.
I am delighted that which is found here, and just this post yet!
The best contribution that I have ever read from you. Thank you!
It is a fine line between kitsch and sentimental lurid depiction of the difficult living conditions of some people. You have with your unusually thoughtful contribution it made to draw attention.
In a similar vein is one of my very dear blog 'The snowsuit effort' - http://www.snowsuit.net/ (pictures of homeless people in Detroit / USA and its own citations).
I had to look again if only because I had not with me what wrong link, but is in fact the men blog * g *
I, too, of the full score. Long ago that I once looked so pensive when surfing.
I was deeply impressed by this post.
THANK YOU
Wow. Thank you for this post. He has written incredibly simple, but very profound - I love lyrics. Simple, but with much profundity. Touching, but not intrusive. thanks again!
'm A stern.de article landed here and I will probably look more clean with you, if it is acceptable.
Kind regards,
the shadow angel
Thank you!
interesting history
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you should send them to a newspaper here in the blog because they see too few.
keep it up ... BS: o)
I agree with the others, was also very impressed by your posts. Thank you for the "invisible".
strong contribution - thanks!
As bad as it sounds good and for the person affected, but the debt and current loads are not usually fall from the sky, right?
True, they come from somewhere forever. I was as previously independently and had to go on, because I had too many defaulters.
I found 'the contribution is also very very good, but add my two previous speakers on mine. Despite social content under the receiver-level (first apprentice, now a student) has my account to a plus because I work part alongside ... and before the round is now demanding a pity: I'm still very good! Granted, I'm not a single father, but also because it usually has something to say, before you become one.
Thank you!
Your post has touched me deeply. Although I was wondering whether it would give you of so-called "invisible" to help if they would get more recognition. By that I mean, if they would be used, for example, talk shows and the like, and thus made such sacrifices would be that they are not, thank God.
Anyway I was very impressed with your contribution and I am proud of all the "invisible" to persevere despite a lack of attention.
Nice that there are people who are able to write such reports. I am sure that through your contribution, to which some readers, a "Hidden or invisible" occurred, which / who lives in their own environment and deserves some more recognition.
Thanks again for the great post and keep it up!
'm Coming a little late with my comment, but am also new to this site and browse around just yet ...
Since two different cases are described that have nothing to do with each other, except that both are not in the newspaper. The reasons that lead can not be more different.
First, the debt come from somewhere, it is pointless to discuss whether the parents have brought up not paying attention / or otherwise zuschnappte debt. Cell phones, car catalogs, Internet, banking, buying the generous, the ways to fritter away money that does not exist, so boundless.
The other case, unfortunately, says nothing about the mother, she's dead, she's gone? Is it night after house? However, the children are the bereaved in our society and the future, as they are to develop positively when they receive no attention and are not cast?
Although it was not in the article about the "guilt" question, but since then some Comments go but into the direction "Everyone has his (un) happiness smith", a few comments from me about this: are Yes, of course, people absolutely responsible for what they do. And yes, there are many cases, there would be with me at the mercy kept within limits (eg for a part of the Hartz IV recipients, which run along with demos just to let her savings account will not be touched - and the general public will you please make sure that their wealth is secured to, just to name one example.) But the implication that if there is a well that has "earned himself," I think this is very questionable.
Our system has therefore only the last few decades, so "great" works because we have bought with the wealth at the expense of poorer countries, whose economies are we (= the industrialized nations) have knowingly and systematically destroyed. Entire industries with a lot of great jobs are "bloomed" because we are sure the air our children have been broken. Our fine place as "export world champion" We owe a large part of the armament and steel industry, which earned it the death of people stupid and dimwitted. The list could go on a mile long. What I'm saying: Our "great" German prosperity is deserved - at the expense of others, and not by our own "services" such as diligence, modesty, punctuality, and what are the more fairy tales.
At the individual level, it does not look different: Martin writes that he mastered as a student's life. That's all well and good. But the cost of those university, the cost of personnel, the cost of buildings, etc., etc. - that he must not take personally. Which carries the general public, not knowing whether this will ever pay for them. In the same second, held in each of us to the "real" costs alone would have caused it, would most of us are as poor sausage in the area (including my own person). - And what Tabula Rasa describes is bitter reality of bankruptcy courts: Many - "hardworking," "clean," "honest" - people from their non-paying customers will be wiped out. And since I refuse to simply say flippantly, "Well, come from somewhere, the schools, which have themselves to blame for his turn."
All other stories - that requires only a wrong step on the road, an unscrupulous banker who advises you to build a house, a stray virus in the air - that all this is enough in a split second in order to bring down heal worlds, I do not want to here only mention ...
A touching article - beautiful and harmonious! I know many "invisible" and love how you are going to meet you - without them, the "unspectacular," no society would work.
For a long time I am again just so "rumgesurft", let's see who the "bedrock" of the first Internet years everything still alive - and also is active! Great that you went under the bloggers - I'll look back regularly now, although still female.
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