When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin.
Being homeless is like living in a post-apocalyptic world. You're on the outskirts of society.
We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve.
I've been homeless on a few occasions.
You could go out and give a million dollars to a charity tomorrow to help the homeless. You could argue that it is just wasted. They are not putting anything back into the community.
We can stop the cycle of animal homelessness and save lives by opening our hearts and homes to a loving cat or dog from an animal shelter instead of buying animals from breeders or pet shops.
The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.'
I'm not sure why working at a homeless shelter made sense to me, except that I needed to immerse myself in some sort of larger real-life situation to get me out of the cage of my mind, in some ways.
We know that when people are safe in their homes, they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families.