Learned from what I've been through....

Homeless.

You have $10.

No food and you and a buddy are at McDonald's.

Are you giving your friend $5 so he can eat too (then find money again somehow the next day)

or

are you using $5 to eat, give your buddy a few fries and using the $5 to start washing cars in the parking lot to make $100 so you can eat tomorrow?

You can't help the world until you have money, then you can save the whales, turtles etc etc...

w/e floats your boat.

You have to pull yourself out of poverty before you can pull others out.