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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 649647" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>I have completely changed my attitude to homeless persons since my son grew up and became one of them, intermittently, when he's not living in his tree.</p><p></p><p>One of the things I find most sad is that now I imagine that my son will be just like this person in ten years time. It is so heartbreaking.</p><p></p><p>There is an elderly man who sells the Big Issue on the streets of our nearby town (you can google the Big Issue if you're not familiar with this UK thing). He has a beard and a dog. Stereotypical. Several years ago I would probably have crossed the street. Now I always stop and have a chat and buy a magazine. I have come close to telling him about my son on several occasions but, as yet, I haven't. Maybe I will one day. Maybe I'll ask him what he was like at 27 and how he got to be in his current predicament. Maybe he'll have some insightful answers. Maybe he'll just tell me to mind my own business. How strange that I can feel a closeness to an elderly homeless man that I don't know. If my son ends up like this I hope someone like me will stop and have a chat with him and not cross the street to avoid him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 649647, member: 17650"] I have completely changed my attitude to homeless persons since my son grew up and became one of them, intermittently, when he's not living in his tree. One of the things I find most sad is that now I imagine that my son will be just like this person in ten years time. It is so heartbreaking. There is an elderly man who sells the Big Issue on the streets of our nearby town (you can google the Big Issue if you're not familiar with this UK thing). He has a beard and a dog. Stereotypical. Several years ago I would probably have crossed the street. Now I always stop and have a chat and buy a magazine. I have come close to telling him about my son on several occasions but, as yet, I haven't. Maybe I will one day. Maybe I'll ask him what he was like at 27 and how he got to be in his current predicament. Maybe he'll have some insightful answers. Maybe he'll just tell me to mind my own business. How strange that I can feel a closeness to an elderly homeless man that I don't know. If my son ends up like this I hope someone like me will stop and have a chat with him and not cross the street to avoid him. [/QUOTE]
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