Thoughts

Homeless in LA


Quote for today:
"When the poor come to you in great need, begging for food, do not harden your hearts against them. Remember that the poor may once have been rich, and you may one day be poor. When you see people who are thin for lack of food, beg them to accept your help; remember that you may need their friendship in times to come"
- Rig Veda.

This is perhaps one of the hardest things for me. Always having lived in a city, I shut my eyes and heart to the homeless. Personally, I do not feel that I can have enough of myself left if I give to every poor person I see and I feel that I put myself at risk if I help every schizophrenic person in the streets. But I also feel that I no longer can sit here and idly watch as our system continues abusing and neglecting this part of the population. What is to be done?