1 Comments Posted by Phayke

I DO think it's sad that people will form their images of groups based on the extremes. I think that to work with people that the rest of the world has rejected, it takes alot of commitment to your job. When you become detached enough from the world it becomes a very real thing, the amount of freedom you have. It feels as though nobody cares about you, and nobody WILL care about you unless you either look at them the wrong way, or break the law. It's a sobering feeling knowing that you're the only person you can depend on. To know that there are people out there who will give their time and energy to help those whose friends and family have given up on, it's one of the most encouraging things one could know. I've BEEN close to the bottom. Well, at least enough to have that feeling of fending for oneself in an apathetic world. I've wound up in a homeless shelter before, and the first night I was there, I slept happy knowing that I wasn't sleeping alone in an alley with my stuffed animal for security. I was actually around people that were there to help. Of course there are those who just help others for money, and the select few horror stories of abuse, but there are also those that work because they care about the people. I'm rather tired at the moment, and droning on, but the previous posts sort of triggered a thought and response. It does bother me how ignorant the general public can be about others, simply saying things they've heard others say for sake of conversation. Like people without cars that use gas prices as a conversation starter... My appriciation to the people here who help the hopeless for a living.