This is something I’ve always thought about but, never had
an understanding of.
Every day I walk from the parking garage to my office and
always come across a homeless person that’s either sleeping behind the parking
garage or on the sidewalk. I always think
to myself “Why?” I see so many homeless
people downtown during the cold winter months or rainy season with nowhere to
go and I want to ask them “Why don’t you have any friends or family or people
in your life?”
The other day I met with a group of Brazilian investors to
go over a few multi-million dollar projects and other business plans. We went over different ideas, new products and
our vision for the future. Once we were
done we all decided to go out for lunch and we came across two homeless people.
My heart was immediately broken thinking,
“What happened to them? Do they still
dream about the future and why haven’t they gotten any help?”
I believe in this country we are given the opportunity to
choose our careers, choose our friends and the life that we think we deserve. I know there are some homeless people have
mental disabilities due to a traumatic incident in their life but everyone
should have the resources, like a friend or family, to get help. It’s crazy to think there are those with
great lives and then next to them there’s someone with no hope. They are blind, broken and have no
inspiration.
We live in too great of a country to have so many homeless
people when there’s so much opportunity. I can
understand those that are mentally not well but even then we have so many
doctors, programs, churches and good people in this world. There are many times where I find myself wanting
to stop and ask, “Why are you homeless?” but, instead I continue with my steps
to the office keeping them in my prayers and sending them blessings. How can someone be so alone in this world?
This is GOALYGO!
Yanira ALY Nazario :0)~
Aly,
ReplyDeleteLike you said those people are broken. They lost everything and everyone. Sometimes, they might have made a "bad" decision, a mistake and then they can't find anyone to trust them again. We all pass by asking the same question "why", I think we could probably ask ourselves, "what can we do to prevent this to happen to our friends, our neighbors or even our parents? "
The "Why" means to look in the past, when those people just want to see a future. Next time I see a homeless, I will think about bringing hope and love, because the "why" they have certainly thought about too many nights alone and they are paying a high price for a "bad" decision or a mistake. Let's give hope, not only food and shelter but hope that they can do it and be someone again!
Thanks for your post Aly. You have a wonderful heart!