Today, I felt the pain in my heart like I failed my family, we recently moved from Pennsylvania to Rochester New York by order of the Military, renting a home there. I wanted to be reassigned to a unit in Georgia but you learn in the Military to go where you’re needed so we packed up and here we are. This was supposed to be my retirement duty station, ending of a long career - at the same time, enjoying time with my family as I prepared for life outside the Military. It was also my plan to us this time to finish a book I started months ago while taking classes on how to “talking to the public” but things toke a very fast turn. First - I received a $2,000 gas bill in just three months that’s now been cut down to about 1,000. I called the Gas company about it "both times" but they insisted the bill was correct, go figure?? This really got me thinking - I’d never seen anything like this before in my life, how can a person buy food for his family if he paying such high gas bills.
After I finally got over this shocking bill, and the feeling of failure to my family, I started thinking how could I do something about this. The project and the City Beautification program in it was the answer, to remodel, remove and to rebuild homes - thereby pinpointing how to also save energy at the same time and all this came from the gas company over charging me. Instead of getting mad at the situation, it made me want to do something about it because every American today is facing something like it, high gas bills. Many Americans are going through the same thing, not being able to see any way out because we all need gas to heat our homes but when a person become a slave to the very company providing this gas, then, "things have to change“. I don’t want to sound like I’m harping on the fact that we have a new President who understands what the Americans are going through but the fact of the matter is, he dose understand, and he’s willing to face this “big problem” and others in his administration. We have to work side by side with him any way we can to make this happen and I plan to do my part. I will always feel the pain this gas bill has given me but knowing I’ve made a decision to become part of the solution, for the future, takes some of that pain away. Now, the question is "what are you going to do?"
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