Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I was told there is an Indian saying: if you have only 2 rupees, spend one on a water chestnut because you have to live, and spend the other on a movie because you need a reason for living.
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The Numbers Behind Oregon's Homelessness Crisis | Portland Monthly Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk |
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A friend of mine was an reserve officer with a municipal police department for 35 years. During that period of time he talked with hundreds of homeless. Most all of them told him they wanted to live like they did. In other words it was their choice. He included this in a book he wrote about crime. https://www.amazon.com/ABQ-Blues-Cri.../dp/0578411016
ABQ BLUES - Crime and Policing Interview on KCHF TV - YouTube
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So you stopped enabling him. Good for you!
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The only people I ever see hawking money is the people at the end of the exit to Walmart on 441. If you really wanna help them buy them a meal don't give them cash. Watch for yourself when the people at that corner change shifts. Keep an eye on the vehicle that they take their break in. Not all of them are running a racket but some are. I want to use kind words and not paint with a wide brush. Some are legit some are total Fugazy's. No matter how you slice it homelessness is a painful area to deal with when you have no background on how to help without getting hurt. I didn't know until lately about the situation in The Ocala Forest. Rough to say the least. ![]() |
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Be realistic. Be practical. Give only to someone you know personally who is in need. Or someone you don't know who has REAL need.
If you don't spend your money emotionally, you still have it. There are no points for wasting money. It is not unkind to spend your money carefully, you worked hard for it.
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“ye have the poor always with you,”* Hmmm, now who said that? And is it something to get used to or do something about. Last edited by Chi-Town; 07-27-2019 at 08:14 AM. |
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On a related note. I do not think that the panhandlers you see around US 441/27 are all that representative of the homeless you might find up in the Ocala National Forest. I do try to take each person as an individual with his or her own stories though. Each is different from the last. It is a lot more work on the heart and mind though. |
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However, as I have grown older, I have turned into a fairly generous (by my standards) tipper - usually 30% for meals, and often $5 or so for a worker who is cleaning up at a place of work. I respect people who work and take their job seriously. Since we always pay cash for our meals, I like to hand the money directly to the worker and thank them for the good service. |
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This, to me is fraud. There is far too much of it. Irvine City Council Candidate Caught Dropping Off Mom To Panhandle – CBS Los Angeles
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I understand, exactly. You can’t change other people, no matter what you do, you can only change yourself.
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There are many reasons a person could be homeless but for many it is a choice. In my lifetime I have know two families with “homeless” children. The families were wiling and able to help but the adult children chose the homeless lifestyle. Maybe it was a mental heath issue but the families were heartbroken.
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A wise man once told me that if someone is hungry you can buy them a nice fish dinner and they will be hungry again tomorrow looking for someone to buy them another dinner. But if you teach them to fish, they can provide their own fish dinners. The problem with many (not all) homeless people is that they would rather have someone else provide them with dinner and don't want to learn how to fish.
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