Good questions. People have always been poor. But they used to have too much dignity to steal from or victimize others. Unlike the brazen thieves who ransack stores today. I think a portion of the homeless have mental issues. When We lived in Pittsburgh, driving from the Downtown section back toward home you would see a guy who looked like Batman. He wore a welder's cap and had a long black trench coat walking along the street heading out of town. The paper did a story on homeless people and interviewed some. This guy was an engineer in a big firm who got tired of it. He lived in a cave in the hill about halfway between town and where I lived.
In our rural area there are some homeless people. There are also a growing number of burglars stealing stuff for drugs. Things are changing.
Good one. I have volunteered for the last five (?) winters at the Ocean City Cold Weather Shelter and plan to do so this winter, also. I have the same concerns and doubts you have expressed but what keeps me coming back is the thought “God didn’t create this person to freeze to death in the street”.
Your essays are so down to earth! Nice.
Good questions. People have always been poor. But they used to have too much dignity to steal from or victimize others. Unlike the brazen thieves who ransack stores today. I think a portion of the homeless have mental issues. When We lived in Pittsburgh, driving from the Downtown section back toward home you would see a guy who looked like Batman. He wore a welder's cap and had a long black trench coat walking along the street heading out of town. The paper did a story on homeless people and interviewed some. This guy was an engineer in a big firm who got tired of it. He lived in a cave in the hill about halfway between town and where I lived.
In our rural area there are some homeless people. There are also a growing number of burglars stealing stuff for drugs. Things are changing.
Good one. I have volunteered for the last five (?) winters at the Ocean City Cold Weather Shelter and plan to do so this winter, also. I have the same concerns and doubts you have expressed but what keeps me coming back is the thought “God didn’t create this person to freeze to death in the street”.