@lovejoie 21 May 2022 more from that month

Her name is Charmaine Yesterday while I was purchasing some materials for our latest project. I saw a lady just right across where I parked our service vehicle, she was busy peeling off the tags from plastic bottles and then squishing them. I was wondering what she was doing because she has a lot of black plastic bags with her. So, out of curiosity I talked to her. This is what she does everyday. She would gather up plastic bottles from trash bins, clean them up so she can sell them for a bit higher price, P10 a kilo or $0.19 in dollars. I asked here how much she earns in a day. She said she would earn around P200 or $3.83 a day enough to buy rice and viand for a day. Imagine after her hard work she would only earn a little enough to just get her by in a day. I would hear a lot of my friends having a good life and yet still has a lot of complains about their lives and here I see a woman happy and maybe not that contented but she said as long as I am not doing anything bad and earning money decently I am happy. My take on this is that we should be grateful however our life is now. Strive to live a decent honest living and when opportunities come make the most of it. Count your blessings and don't ask for too much and never run beyond your strength. Do you love your life now? Are you happy? p.s. I asked her permission if she would grant me to take her photo and that I would use it for my blog and she said" it's okay, I don't mind." You can see on the pic that she is giving her best smile☺️ She is not a beggar she said life just isn't that good to her these days so instead of complaining and asking for help she opted on collecting plastic bottles just so she can earn some clean money.