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In reply to the discussion: A message from a good friend of mine on FB that both broke my heart and made me think. [View all]nolabear
(43,233 posts)37. I've often wondered where some of my therapy patients ended up.
Don't ever believe you know the stories of those people you see on the street. I've known some incredibly gifted, wonderful, successful people whose illnesses made it impossible for them to negotiate life as it is now. If they had the most simple things available they might have a chance. The way we leave them helpless they often do not. It's heartbreaking.
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A message from a good friend of mine on FB that both broke my heart and made me think. [View all]
Photographer
Dec 2015
OP
I hear people say they don't want to give money to a drug addict or alcoholic
Maraya1969
Dec 2015
#47
That is a great idea. And thank you for helping that man with no teeth! That
Maraya1969
Dec 2015
#49
As a (non-practicing) Christian, I've always believed that we should give without conditions.
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2015
#28
They call it burnout, but what it is a form of PTSD. I cannot even look at the ads from the ...
marble falls
Dec 2015
#30
Thanks. Sadly it really gives you a look at the differences in social and economic strata.
nolabear
Dec 2015
#42
A very insensitive person once told me that if a homeless person's sign was funny,
Flaxbee
Dec 2015
#46