tomdesigns
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I have to say that yesterday was an interesting day for me here in BA.. actually out off all the days I have spent in this city on various trips here yesterday was the most profound for me.
Crossing the blvd one block from the Obelisk watching a group of 20 something's on drugs harass those crossing.. then watching a crowd of people get all nervous waiting for the light to change so they could cross, while these guys were out of control screaming profanities with strong emotional anger and laughing at nervous by passers.
Walk another block and what appears to be a family has set up a few mattresses with some blankets and card board boxes in which are sleeping 3 children.
Walk 2 more blocks and there is a homeless young man sitting on a door step with his face in hands, what little he has in a dirty pink Barbie back pack...
At which point I started thinking about this and asked myself, what could that young man be thinking? And just for a minute, I tried to put myself in his position, what would I do? Then I realized that he probably does not even have the necessary education to even try to think out a solution to his problems. That it is quite possible that he is literally trapped both physically and mentally. Completely unable to even conceive a way out of his condition.
Crossing the blvd one block from the Obelisk watching a group of 20 something's on drugs harass those crossing.. then watching a crowd of people get all nervous waiting for the light to change so they could cross, while these guys were out of control screaming profanities with strong emotional anger and laughing at nervous by passers.
Walk another block and what appears to be a family has set up a few mattresses with some blankets and card board boxes in which are sleeping 3 children.
Walk 2 more blocks and there is a homeless young man sitting on a door step with his face in hands, what little he has in a dirty pink Barbie back pack...
At which point I started thinking about this and asked myself, what could that young man be thinking? And just for a minute, I tried to put myself in his position, what would I do? Then I realized that he probably does not even have the necessary education to even try to think out a solution to his problems. That it is quite possible that he is literally trapped both physically and mentally. Completely unable to even conceive a way out of his condition.