Breaking Free from Greed

pulled out the simple bread rolls I had brought from t

ur family was not well off. They lived frugally

0 out of my monthly salary of $10, 000,

, and even meals were limited to what I

uld take two extra simple bread rolls, wrap them up to

with my childhood fr

e only condition being that I was re

. Her family was well-off, and she was their only child, while my family was poor,

told me that my father had injured his back and couldn't work anymo

d was still repaying my student loans, so

urns to call and persuade me. The implicit meaning of those relatives' words was nothing more than that I had grown

to comply, wore me down. Even my boss started to complain, saying

o borrow a few thousand dollars and transfer it

eping only four hours a night and taking on

he would never be able to work again. She asked me to give them 3, 000 dollars a month for living

, and I had to pay for rent and living expenses.

asked me to drop out of school and work to reduce the burde

ew thousand dollars to hand over to them, and p

et me attend college and retu

nthony go to school, but also ask me

tright. For the next few d

they had wronged me in the past, nearly preventing me from going to college, and now that Anthony was

ed how hard my life was and

my anger dissipated, replace

es, but told them Anthony would have to earn hi

alary increased, so did

nd didn't need much money to live on, but they told me th

r me and give it to me all at once