From poet, writer, and correspondent John Guzlowski: Have You Ever Met a Rich Person?

A couple of days ago, my friend poet Christina Pacosz sent me an article entitled —Rich Begin Feeling the Pain in Down Economy.— It was written by Mark Jewell for the AP, and he got me thinking about rich people.

What always amazes me about rich people is how little contact they have with the rest of us.

I’m 60 years old, have lived in America most of my life, have been educated here in private and public schools, have a PhD from a major university, have taught in American universities for 35 years–and still I have never met a rich person, I mean a really rich person, somebody with a yacht or a jet and a personal assistant to manage his lunch dates.

Where do the rich keep themselves?

I’ve met unemployed people, farmers, doctors, artists, factory workers, peddlers, homeless folks, business people, writers, lower and middle class people by the thousands, but I have never met a rich person.

Where are they?

Read the rest of the post and the comments. Helps to put things in perspective. Who is the rich man? Who isn’t feeding Lazarus? (Luke 16:19-31) We each need to answer that and understand our place in the parable.