fall is starting! i had a wonderful feeling of this last night-- everyone was just cozying up to tea, sweats and blankets were pulled out, and a peacefulness was in the air. i dont know what it is, but i love fall.
i started interviewing people for the research project at work this week. i was extremely nervous at first, but now i've actually done it a few times. not to say i'm not nervous anymore, but at least i know the flow of all the paperwork.
with every interview i do, i am blown away by what each individual woman has dealt with in her life. Sure, there are self-inflicted problems but in every interview i have done thus far, there has been so much 'bad' that was out of the woman's control pulling her down. i have sympathy that each of them became homeless because they don't deserve to be. all the crap that they've been through, they shouldn't have to suffer through homelessness as well. but who should have to suffer through it? who does deserve to be homeless? exactly, no one. no matter what you've done, no one deserves to be homeless.
it is so easy to see a person who is homeless and label them as irresponsible. it's easy to see a person who is homeless and judge them. it is easy to turn your head and ignore them. but when you have problems that are bigger than yourself, do you not want others to help you? so why is a homeless person somehow different? food for thought.
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