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So a couple weeks ago I was out on the town with some freinds and stopped at a gas station to grab a drink, as I was walking in I noticed a homeless man sitting in a wheelchair, he was an amputee missing one leg and he also had a dog with him ... as I walked by he didn't ask me for any money or for that matter didn't even talk to me.
As I walked into the gas station for whatever reason my heart sank and I started to feel really bad for him. I know there are thousands and thousands of homeless people out there (some based on their own choice) but it's not often that I have an opportunity to "Help". So in the gas station there was a sandwhich shop, I grabbed a large sub, bag of chips and a drink ..... and I also grabbed a can of cheap dog food.
As I was paying the cashier said "god bless you", I kinda looked at her odd and she said "well I assume you're buying this for the man outside?" .... I said I was and she proceeded to tell me that the man comes in and begs for food for his dog more than he begs for food for himself and that he will probably be super grateful.
So I walked out of the store and around the corner and handed this man everything, he literally broke down in tears. The look on his face was one of relief. He immediately opened the can of dog food and dumped it out on the ground for the dog which started eating as if he hadn't eaten in days ..... I stood and talked to him for a minute and he was telling me that there are so many people that walk by and look at him as if he was a monster, he doesn't like to sit out on the street and panhandle because he is an amputee and cannot move very fast so if something were to happen he wouldn't be able to move out of harms way quickly. I asked him about his dog, he said he feels horrible that the dog has to suffer along with him but he keeps her around for protection, someone will be less likely to attack him if he has the dog with him and he told me the same thing that the cashier told me that he begs for food for the dog before himself, whatever little money he does get sometimes goes to the dog before him.
NOW ... with all that said, do you ever give money or other things such as food etc. to the homeless?
As I walked into the gas station for whatever reason my heart sank and I started to feel really bad for him. I know there are thousands and thousands of homeless people out there (some based on their own choice) but it's not often that I have an opportunity to "Help". So in the gas station there was a sandwhich shop, I grabbed a large sub, bag of chips and a drink ..... and I also grabbed a can of cheap dog food.
As I was paying the cashier said "god bless you", I kinda looked at her odd and she said "well I assume you're buying this for the man outside?" .... I said I was and she proceeded to tell me that the man comes in and begs for food for his dog more than he begs for food for himself and that he will probably be super grateful.
So I walked out of the store and around the corner and handed this man everything, he literally broke down in tears. The look on his face was one of relief. He immediately opened the can of dog food and dumped it out on the ground for the dog which started eating as if he hadn't eaten in days ..... I stood and talked to him for a minute and he was telling me that there are so many people that walk by and look at him as if he was a monster, he doesn't like to sit out on the street and panhandle because he is an amputee and cannot move very fast so if something were to happen he wouldn't be able to move out of harms way quickly. I asked him about his dog, he said he feels horrible that the dog has to suffer along with him but he keeps her around for protection, someone will be less likely to attack him if he has the dog with him and he told me the same thing that the cashier told me that he begs for food for the dog before himself, whatever little money he does get sometimes goes to the dog before him.
NOW ... with all that said, do you ever give money or other things such as food etc. to the homeless?
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