How Much Theft Goes On?

[mikekle]

Sadly, theft is everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

In places like Bangladesh, families are having their ancestral homes stolen by Muslim militants. If they flee, they abandon their homes. If they stay, the risk death.

Closer to home, yes, theft is everywhere, even if on a smaller scale. My daughter takes music lessons every Saturday. When I came in last week, the music store owner was making dunning calls because parents who rented violins for $11/month were 4 months late and wouldn’t return the instruments (the same parents who probably drive huge SUVs).

The wounds from theft often go very deep. I remember Paul Harvey saying that you learn honesty by being cheated. Sadly, I think he was right.

We have alot of people like that at our parish school, I think its probable they do not have the extra $11 a month, many people that look like they make alot of money are sometimes struggling to get by, so they may have a flashy car, but they barely have enough left to put gas in it.