Monday, August 25, 2008

Homes with no walls

Everyday most of us wake up either to be educated or to make a living. But what about the people with "Homes with no walls"? The less fortunate we find in major metro cities on the steps of buildings, gathering in the park outside of the church up the street? How often do we drive past the man sitting at the bottom of the exit ramp holding a jagged piece of cardboard stating " work for food" or "Help me I am homeless"? I was recently in our countries capital, and was walking back from an after dinner walk, and walked past a Lutheran church, and as I passed the stairway next to the church, myself and the two females I was with were startled by two gentleman shaking Starbucks cups in our faces. I immediately moved myself and my dinner mates across the street away from the church. As I looked back at the church, I noticed in a park at the end of the church was filled with at least thirty "Wall-less home owners". This was very unsettling for me. It was so unfortunate to see this. This is the capital of the free world, and the only thing these people have that is free is time. What do we need to do to help these people, or change the way they live? In closing, I want to talk about the man I noticed across the street from James/Dolly Madison house, sleeping against a double wooden door wearing nothing but socks a t-shirt, a pair of shorts which were torn badly. I was so intrigued that I had to look back at him long after I passed, and I noticed two small bare feet sticking out from between him and the door. How do be build walls for these people?

3 comments:

Grace said...

Welcome to the blog world, Bobby! Interesting thoughts...and truly something we all need to think about.

Anonymous said...

1st, good post. Check your spelling.
2nd,
Unfortunatly in this world there are winners and losers. People that make attempts at living are usually successful. There are many options out there for those people. Churches are a big help and a lot of times public institutions, such as libraries will help out by providing food (I know because my friend works at a Dayton Metro Library). The sad fact is some of these people don't want to be helped. Freedom is not having money or material possesions. In the deepest truest sens of the word homeless people are as free as it gets.

3rd, sometimes its hard to help people who don't want to be helped.

Saralina (aka Sarahbera, Sarah Monster, Sarah Washburn) said...

Interesting, I found myself pondering the same things lately. Sometimes there are people who have chosen to live "wall-less" but more often than not, they have developed a behavioral pattern that does not allow them to rejoin the workforce permanently. Retraining the wall-less for careers is the solution. Giving them a sense of pride is key.