just breathe

[globedoc]

Walgreen’s, Worcester, very late at night

Comments

[drui_en]

I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes, just overwhelmed with emotion at this. I can't help but feel that you've just been the catalyst for massive change in that man's life: that you've triggered a 'silvering' of awareness that there are, in fact, good people.

You have changed his world.
*smiles softly*

[globedoc]

I'd like to think that it made a difference, but one of the reasons I feel so bad is that I don't think it did, that we as a society failed to help this person, that he is so downtrodden by now that there really isn't much I can do to help him, even if I had the resources to pull him out of his poverty.
I don't really have answers to fixing the ills and flaws in the way we treat the less fortunate, but I do feel that more resources are needed to help those who have reached that low... I rage at spending 43 billion dollars on a war in Iraq but spending nothing on him, and millions like him.
No one should have to suffer such ills in a society of plenty...
Thank you for your kind words, but I don't think I did more than show him what could have been...
I always appreciate your beauty.

[slayerwitchnz]

It sounds like what you did meant a lot to him.

Society may have failed him, but you did not.

Sometimes it's the things that seem like little things to us that really matter.

Just keep on following your heart...

[globedoc]

totally unrelated, but
ICON LOVE!
Though I have no idea what bird this is... A conure?

[simonbillenness]

Great to hear from you again!

Did you know that Ann and I have moved to DC?

[globedoc]

Yes, I've recently become aware, as I'm catching up on e-mails and e-vites that you sent.
How IS DC? Guess I'll have to pop over to your blog and find out what's been happening with you. Also, I don't know if you know Tribe.net, but it may be a very good resource for you indeed. I've joined about 2 years ago, and it's been awesome!

[peramble]

You're still around!

[globedoc]

Yes, still around, though until now I've been mostly absent.
But I'm back, and hope to catch up with my reading, see what's been happening with you :)

[lalouve]

Rage and sorrow? Anger that some people are not sufficiently well loved during their lives? I believe your action made a difference, though.

[globedoc]

Like I said to drui_en, I don't think what I did made a whit of difference at this point, which is perhaps another reason I'm feeling... whatever it is I'm feeling.
I still can't find the words for that emotion...

[lalouve]

Do I think you fixed this guy's life? No. Do I think you still made a difference? Yes. You treated him like a person worthy of help and consideration. Too many people treat the poor and/or homeless with fear, contempt, or disgust. Interacting with everyone with the kind of courtesy and respect we would like to meet with ourselves does make a difference. It sets a good example for those watching, too, and I believe in good examples.
I've never forgotten the elderly, slightly confused man I met downtown, who had overstayed his bus ticket's validity and couldn't get home. He needed the equivalent of less than a dollar, which I of course offered him when he asked. He looked at the money, looked at me, said "You have a strong faith" and got on the bus. I don't think he meant faith in a religious sense. I've tried to keep that faith - in others, in myself, in our ability to make a difference.

[globedoc]

You DO have strong faith, one of the things to love about you.
Though I noticed it does get you in emotional boiling water on occasion, especially when it comes to evil ex's.
Thank you for your kinds words, but it's actually very hard to believe anything changed for that poor man, and it makes me sad and angry at the same time.
I wish my country was as fiscally sensitive as is yours.

[harpygirl]

I know what you mean.

I've missed your posts.

[globedoc]

Thank you! It's good to be back!
{{hugs}}

[harpygirl]

{{hugs}}