Homeless by Adamis

I have it good. Statistically, I have it better than 37 million people in the USA. And that’s not including the love from my family, making me feel even guiltier about an ugly truth. I don’t know what to say about my wealth when hundreds of millions of people around the world have so little. It almost seems unreal until you read the statistics and about the lengths people are going through to make sure that displaced people are being cared for in one way or another.

When you see a displaced person, a stereotype chimes in almost as if it were an emotional self defense mechanism. But when you read about it and hear stories of people going on hunger strikes in the name of humanity, it takes on life in a faceless yet personal way. Personal because when figures of homelessness reach into the multi-million each year, you feel as if there is something you could do about it, certainly someone out there to whom you can write a check to. Unfortunately, those that are writing the laws that help the displaced are few and far between. When I read about Congressman Tony Hall going on a hunger strike in order to stop cuts that would have affected the displaced, I was shocked. To hear someone of that stature taking measures that extreme, is very rare and that is an unfortunate truth.

When evaluating anything, using statistics as a resource allows one to see the matter for what it really is. There is no getting around the fact that there are 100,000 Veterans displaced every night or that 23% of all displaced peoples are children. To not care is to not have a soul. But then again, how does one make a difference. Should you run for president of the USA and change the world for the better or just write a check to the local charity for a few dollars every other year. Life is hard and you just can’t change that. It can be much harder for some than it is for others. For me, I’m going to live life as best as I can and live as a positive role model. Most importantly, I am going to create an atmosphere around me that makes it possible for those that do want to improve their lives, to be able to.