Simple living difficult concept

Simple living difficult concept

From Kompas

Upon reading an article titled Plain living: Easier said than done published in the Jan. 14 issue of this newspaper, I became immensely annoyed at the behavior of most of our leaders as they fail to live a simple life, let alone live poorly, while the majority of our people are still suffering from the squeeze of the protracted economic crisis. To make matters worse, many wealthy people shamelessly flaunt their wealth.

Clearly, most of our leaders and most of the rich cannot empathize with the majority of people now capable of only keeping body and soul together, leading a life without a future. Their burdens have become much harder following the hikes in fuel prices and electricity rates.

The concept of simple living requires our leaders to serve as role models. Or, perhaps, the community, without having to wait for examples from the leaders, should immediately start the simple living campaign themselves.

TK PRAWIRADIPOETRA, Jakarta