The other day I was driving through downtown on my way to a dinner with my family, and I saw a woman holding up a sign asking for food. She had a scruffy coat, and under her dark eyes and dirt covered face I realized she was very young, likely not even 20. I really wanted to stop and give her something, anything. But, I kept driving. I mean, what could I do? I felt guilty leaving her with nothing, but I knew I couldn’t ever do enough for this woman. The cars around me kept driving, the people kept walking, and the lights kept turning, and I kept driving. Whenever I think back to this moment I am consumed by guilt. I could have done something, but why didn’t I? Why hasn’t society done anything for this poor woman? This happens every day, in every state, and in every country.
I was thinking, is it because I am afraid? Honestly, the thought of being homeless scares me more than anything. The thought of being alone on the streets, cold, hungry, lonely, and with nowhere to go terrifies me. Really, these unfortunate people are living my nightmare
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I think it is partially because of the ways government has decided to handle homelessness. They are dehumanized to the point of people in london putting up spikes so they can’t even have a place to sleep in the city. This is like putting up bird wire or something to scare them away. Can you even imagine how horrible this must be? Not only do they not have a place to go, not enough food to eat, no job, but now they don’t even have a place to sleep when there is nowhere to go. By this, society has sent a message loud and clear, homelessness means no home in society. Anti-homeless spikes. How have we even resorted to this level? Things like this are probably huge reasons so many people feel uncomfortable with the homeless. We feel guilt for the way they are treated, yet people follow the pack. If most of society sees homelessness this way, others will reluctantly