This post is my contribution to Blog Action Day, joining thousands of other bloggers to write about one topic for a single day. This year’s topic is poverty.

I grew up in Southern Ohio in a county with one of the highest unemployment rates in the state. Incidentally, also close to another county where the number of drug trafficking arrests were also high (no pun intended). Families who lived on welfare were abundant.

Yesterday, I was talking with my good friend John about his business.  He was jazzed because he has connected with a mentor who really gets him.  John has always used coaches and is an open, evolved guy.  He is single, doesn’t have children and works six plus days per week.  His friends and customers always pressure him that he works too much and should focus more on his personal life.  However, he loves his job and is very happy and well balanced.  HE doesn’t feel like he needs to change anything and is very content spending his time building his business.