RE: Any Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste : 31 Sentence Contest
So many people are judged by the cover before anyone gets a chance to find out who they truly are.
I, too, have delusions of grandeur - I'm a daydreamer. For people like me, it is tough because we tend not to fit in with the group very well because we're thinking beyond what most people can see. Then again, getting too caught up in the daydreaming isn't healthy if we go to the extreme and refuse to come back.
I believe the dude who started "Hot Topic," a store that caters to emo youth, was homeless when he came up with his concept for the store.
I often struggle with this thought, people will only like me because I'll have money. I'm homeless right now. I don't get asked to go to a lot of places or hang out because of the position I'm in; but, if I had money, I'm sure I'd have more people that would want to do things with me. If people can't hang with me when I have very little material stuff, why do I want them around when I have something?
I completely understand @tristancarax I was homeless, until just before I found Steemit. I actually published an article about it soon after joining that was well received, but the fact it sparked a conversation was amazing, and really helped to shatter some major stigmas. Believe it or not finding my tribe here helped the healing process.
I wish you rapid onset of prosperity and stable footing.
And I'm going to enter your contest just as soon as I figure out the rules ;)
Peace, love and good mojo 🐈
Hello @arbitrarykitten Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my post. I appreciate that you "get it" especially since you say you were without a home once. That can be a traumatic event.
The way this society has evolved just makes me sick inside to see so many kicked to the curb.
Hope things are looking up for you. Have a great day, and take care.
My son and I used to take the ferry to downtown then metro through it, 5 days a week.
This was 2015 & '16.
We counted new tents, on the sidewalk, every day.
More and more tents, constantly being erected in the doorways and parking lots of hot shot celebrity lawyer offices, luxury jewellers and clothiers, and billion dollar banks. It was disturbing and disgusting.
Now its 2020. And there's only more. Many, many more. Sigh
The answer to that is simple @tristancarax DON'T. True friends will be no matter what. If money defined a person, millions upon millions of people would be friendless.
We were poor growing up. Meaning my family's status was labeled that. But we didn't know that until someone pointed it out to us that we were in a different category than them.
I often pass by while riding and see numerous people standing on a corner with a sign that says "Homeless, Please Help." But how do you help when you don't know the specific needs? Also, you don't know that person's mental state.
The same people who look down on anyone on their way up may have to face the same thing one day one way or another. Unfortunately homelessness has a gigantic stigma attached.
There is a stigma attached to anyone who is different because no one takes the time to understand that person to see what the issue may be and if there's any way to help. Or that person may just be different.
Being without monetary liquid resources mean people don't have access to a quality of life that the normal person would who has the ability to find and keep a job, own a vehicle to travel back and forth, medical care, and most importantly clothing and shelter. Maslow's Hierachy of Needs.