In case you haven’t truly noticed, I’m human just like you! I pray, bleed, breathe, eat, drink and use the bathroom, etc. just like you! What view of me that you have in your mind that gives you that right to secretly or openly despise me? Is it my hair, clothes or smile, that get deep under your skin or is it the fact of knowing that I am indeed too a human being who just so happens to be homeless? Does it make me any less of a person … if the very sight of me turns your world upside down then why smile, like you care even though we all have a story to tell, should mine not be told? Cause life happens … and no matter how much you try to prepare for it, you just can’t when the storm comes all you can do is pray the Lord strengthen you through it! Nobody wakes up and chooses today, as the day they want to be homeless, homelessness is not some kind of disease that you can catch just like a virus or STD. It’s an issue and (state of mind) that sometimes ultimately changes peoples lives, so when or if the next time you see me, know me, understand me, before you judge me, I’ve made some bad choices just like you and believe it or not, I have a heart too. Just like you, I am not a disease!!!
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