When the busy life pauses, beauty just might reveal itself.
Beginning my investigation, I felt sorry for these people. Poor, dirty, cold, homeless, overworked, unlucky, addicted, and hurting only begin to describe everyone (most pedestrians with the sympathy to notice the eyes connected to that rattling cup probably feel this way).
However, my attitude changed with exposure. I began to see individuals simply existing. Surviving. No better or worse than the rest of us (we are all human beings).
With Love,
Jake
Note: While most homeless folk would rather have a home, many spiritual people throughout history went homeless voluntarily. From the flower children of the 1960's ("finding themselves"), to the wandering ascetics of India, to the college road-trippers looking for a break, to the intrepid Siddhartha himself, the nomadic lifestyle appeals to many free-thinkers. To them, "Homeless" is not a word of sympathy, failure, or beggary, but an expression of Freedom and Living.
