three hundred people burned to death<\/a> in a Pakistani clothing factory with dismal working conditions. \u00a0In a global economy we are often too insulated from the people who make our clothes and provide us with our most basic daily goods. \u00a0One of Ghandi\u2019s experiments in truth was to work as much as possible to respect the products of labor. \u00a0He would use a pencil down to the nib in order to honor the work of the one who made it. \u00a0If we honored labor in this way we would buy less and wear what we have \u00a0until we simply couldn\u2019t anymore. \u00a0We would also no longer require others to work in terrible conditions so that we can have a larger\u00a0wardrobe\u00a0a lower price.<\/p>\nToday\u2019s Workout:<\/strong><\/p>\nToday clean out your closet. \u00a0Select a few sets of clothes to wear and give away everything else to friends or a thrift store. \u00a0For the clothes you keep, commit to really honoring those who made them by wearing them until they\u2019re too warn out to wear again.<\/p>\n
Among the clothes you keep, look at all of the labels and write down where those clothes came from. \u00a0Research the working conditions in those countries and pray that God\u2019s justice will come to each place.<\/p>\n
Lastly, commit to buying only used clothes or clothes that were made in just working conditions.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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