help end world hunger or help increase it? j/k i know what you mean. I just wish my CT lifestyle hadnt lead me to sources that say giving to these places helps the opposing factor. I really just hope I can become independently wealthy and then go to africa or where ever, and just spread the wealth in person. lol spread the wealth, damn political catch phrases, like viri in my brain...

likewise. You never know if you can trust these huge organizations who claim to help other countries.. BUT if i was super wealthy, you better believe i would give a lot to other countries. I wish i could do more right now, but unfortunately in order to help, even volunteering.. it does cost money. its not cheap to help the world!

thats really neat im sorry you had to be homeless.

I was always mad because i worked at a bakery, and we had SOO much extra food left at the end of the night that we had to just throw away. We couldnt give it away because they said the "food would be bad by the end of the night" which was complete bull. It was pastries and breads and salads.

Originally posted by calihan123
thats really neat im sorry you had to be homeless.

Thanks. But my homelessness was a combination of

1) not having a car, and thus not having a job,
2) not having the courage to basically walk into a business and tell them why I'm a gift from God to their balance sheet and that they should hire me on the spot if they want to save their business,
3) not having the life-skills yet to deal with my situation,
4)being suddenly of legal drinking age.
5)having no prior experience with drugs stronger than pot, and the escapism they provide.

After about a week on the street, you're not coming back on your own, if you're a male. You haven't had a shower, and you have a hobobeard, and nobody is going to hire you because you "look like a bum." People's expectation takes over, and you start to shuffle, beg, and argue with yourself.

You cannot beg enough to escape your situation in one day; but you can beg enough for a 40 oz. bottle of malt liquor. And to be safe from all the people you who prey on the homeless, you need to get away from high traffic areas---the only areas where you have any hope of begging for help.

Anyway, the people who rescued me were folks from a church; they didn't pressure me with a lot of religious talk--they got me a shower and a shave and some clean clothes. They didn't expect me to convert, they just wanted to help. It took me more than a couple of tries to get it right. But I eventually got to college and built a career, life and family.

That's the reason for my posts on the "is religion good or bad for society" thread. I know a lot of guys who could tell you what religion does that really matters and changes people's lives. And makes them want to help when they can, too. they'd probably love to tell you all about it.

But most of those guys don't have internet access.

They consider themselves blessed, having a coat on the 1st of november.