Yo buddy. I always admired your willingness to get involved, as seems to be your inclination, because you care. But from the beginning, I think we knew it was thin ice, dangerous, even though an interesting socio/anthropological exercise, so long as you could maintain a safe distance. And that perhaps has been the challenge; because you care. The additional frustration is: now what? What have you gleaned? What can be done about it? Do you have any "bottom lines" or lessons learned from your experience?
I dunno. I’m glad you gave Trish $20. I would’ve done the same. I never would say it’s a good thing to have to harden your heart. Things are bad and are only going to get worse for most people. Many more families will find themselves without a roof over their heads. I will continue to hand out $10 and $20 bills for as long as I can.
I struggle with this, but came to a decision to not give anyone anything. Luckily here in New Haven there are wraparound services, so we get a lot of people coming through the doors of our recovery center who have at least had some detox. I think not giving money is the hard but smart choice.
Yo buddy. I always admired your willingness to get involved, as seems to be your inclination, because you care. But from the beginning, I think we knew it was thin ice, dangerous, even though an interesting socio/anthropological exercise, so long as you could maintain a safe distance. And that perhaps has been the challenge; because you care. The additional frustration is: now what? What have you gleaned? What can be done about it? Do you have any "bottom lines" or lessons learned from your experience?
I dunno. I’m glad you gave Trish $20. I would’ve done the same. I never would say it’s a good thing to have to harden your heart. Things are bad and are only going to get worse for most people. Many more families will find themselves without a roof over their heads. I will continue to hand out $10 and $20 bills for as long as I can.
I struggle with this, but came to a decision to not give anyone anything. Luckily here in New Haven there are wraparound services, so we get a lot of people coming through the doors of our recovery center who have at least had some detox. I think not giving money is the hard but smart choice.