What are the thoughts that run through your head when you glance at a homeless person? Do you instantly sum up their downfalls being drug addiction,alcohol dependency, history of mental illness, and downright bad money management? How many times do you see a homeless person in the corner of the train trying to catch a nap? What about that homeless guy that is sleeping next to the turnstile on the dirty subway floors. What about the guy pouring out his heart on every train car to get some change to eat? Do you laugh because he might be dirty and have a funny odor? Well your regular homeless person doesn't give a fuck about what you think because he is struggling to live on day to day basis. Now put yourself in that struggling human beings position. Having to worrying about where he is going to sleep tonight and what is he going to eat. People right now it is winter. Finally the brisk cold is setting upon us. Winter coats are coming out. But, the realization is the that for some homeless people the same thing they were wearing in the summer is what they will be wearing this winter.The question that I ask is where are these homeless outreach programs that we hear about. It is common to see members that claim they are part of the organization attempting to collect monies from everyday transit customers. In all my years of riding the train I think I saw one homeless outreach person actually try to help a homeless person. I would like to take into consideration that maybe some homeless people are just to stubborn to accept help. You ask why they don't turn to their families sometimes they get scorned, disconnected, or just don't have family. Lately, I have been doing a major cleanup around the house and considered throwing out my old clothes. But, I came to the conclusion that I am better off giving them to someone less unfortunate because the cloths are still in good condition but, just don't fit. Most of us in America could do a good deal similar to this.
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