We must also, learn to stick together...in all sincerity. Help one another to get out of homelessness as opposed to waiting on others to do it for us.

Stop stealing from one another and stop begging from one another. and help each other.

Remember...United we stand, divided we fall.

To the public,
I would say, The first thing you should remember is that those who are now poor and homeless, were not always so. There was some event on their parts or on the parts of our economic society that caused these events, but regardless of which, we must still help those in need, because the homeless are no longer that stereotypical bum we used to think them to be, but are now including the working class; which now, includes your brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, grandparents and even your children.

Stop labeling people you don't take the time to get to know. Try to get to know these people before you cast your judgements upon them. For the same measure which you judge others, that same measure will be used to judge you. (KJV)

There are people crying out for you to help them find their way out of their situations...

Why not help them? Instead of hindering them?

Start by removing those barriers that are a hindrance to the homeless, such as, stringent criteria to accessing affordable housing.

I am sure that even realtors realize that those trying to find their way out of homelessness have bad credit records and even worse criminal records. I say they should lighten up on those entrance requirements so as to help someone gain permanent housing.

Employers, who still put up barriers to the poor and homeless, such as, criminal background checks, which is the biggest one.

I am sure that employers know that those poor and homeless people have bad criminal records, which were in the past, but if an employer say they are checking 7 years ago, how is it that they can pull up items that were 14 years old?

I would say to employers, if you want to stop the homeless from panhandling in front of your stores, etc, give them a meaningful job and help them to get on their feet. I know you could do this, if you wanted to, but again, that is up to you.

In the act of love, God says to bless to who may despitefully misuse you.

He also says that if you love only those who love you...what reward have you?

Let us all learn this one thing...Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in truth and in deed.

Let our actions speak louder than our words.


"I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism."

– Charles Schwab

Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they who indulge [abuse] it, shall eat the fruit of it [for death of life.

- GOD Proverbs 18:21 Amplified Bible

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