Perspective helps. If you are not wanting for money and have time, and assuming you’re in the Northern hemisphere, pack some chicken/turkey/beef/falafel sandwiches, socks, hoodies, and toiletries. Pack a similar meal for yourself. Get some hot coffee. Leave home hungry.
Find a homeless person. Tell them if they’re interested you want to share a lunch with them while they tell you their story. Doesn’t have to be the story of how they became homeless, just any story they want to share with another human being.
Many homeless are invisible and feel like less than human because they can go months before exchanging an authentic conversation with another person. For a social species like ours, that’s a torturous existence.
You might not feel less like a useless parasite, but for that moment, for that individual, you objectively made a difference.
Find a homeless person. Tell them if they’re interested you want to share a lunch with them while they tell you their story. Doesn’t have to be the story of how they became homeless, just any story they want to share with another human being.
Many homeless are invisible and feel like less than human because they can go months before exchanging an authentic conversation with another person. For a social species like ours, that’s a torturous existence.
You might not feel less like a useless parasite, but for that moment, for that individual, you objectively made a difference.