Events lead to homelessness... not choice

The message that I took home after Tuesday's lecture with Chris was that homeless people don't choose to be homeless, something put them there. It became very clear why we see meth linked to the homeless. I was shocked by some of the stories about encounters Chris has had but I think what he does is really great. It's easy to look at a homeless person and think, "what a bum," but there are few people that really take into consideration the events that must have led the homeless person to the point they are at now. I admire Chris for being able to see past what so many of us are too ignorant to acknowledge. I definitely learned a thing or two by his good example and I will lend a helping hand or give direction to "at risk" youth if it means fewer people would be subject to such a devastating lifestyle as homelessness is.