Wealth Ideology

Dr. Carson’s modest beginnings are certainly what make his career success amazing and almost unfathomable—he was an inner-city kid who literally went from "class dummy" to a world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon.   Many marvel at Dr. Carson’s ability to overcome what many would consider impossible odds.   Dr. Carson recalled the obstacles he overcame as a youth--reared up in an impoverished broken home in Detroit Michigan, with poor grades, a violent temper, and severe low self-esteem.    But despite these unfavourable circumstances Dr. Carson obtained great success.   Instrumental in young Carson’s success, was his mother Sonya Carson, who performed domestic work to keep her family financially afloat. With only a third grade education herself, Sonya Carson prayed diligently for wisdom in an effort to help young Ben and his older brother Curtis succeed in school.   She implemented an agenda that limited the boys’ television viewing and required weekl...

A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her – her husband had cheated on her and she was devastated. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as soon as one problem was solved, a new one arose. Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.