are you kidding me?

6 carat blue diamond ring auctioned off in new york, estimated sale price? 6 million dollars. a ring for 6 million.
there is something seriously wrong when the price of a small ring could give lifesaving surgery to small children with disease whose parents don't have insurance. children that are going to die, leave this earth because of money their parents don't have. i don't get it. what is inside people that have to have "things"? ridiculous things. THINGS people. what has happened to us as a society, that these things are more important than integrity, more important than taking care of your neighbors needs. we give millions to noteworthy causes, but what about those who are hurting that live right next door? i don't even know my neighbors. don't get me wrong, people work hard for their money and lifestyle, but the message they send when these "things" become more important than "him" is so damaging to his message. can't you hear the family that can hardly afford food, living in their car, wondering why "that" family with all the "things" won't even acknowledge they exist. they must wonder how god could shower "things" on others, when their circumstance has taken everything. how do we justify all the extras when there are so many that don't have the basics?
as frustrating as this is for me, i am guilty too. i have this big house, and i live alone in it. somewhere there is someone who needs a place to stay. i need to find that person, that mother and child, that broken heart that has no place to go and feels like they are among the unloved. dreams can come true, and my dream is to give someone the love and caring they need to get back on their feet.
i so want to be that person.
what i could do with a 6 carat blue diamond.