Wow, what irony. Immediately before reading this piece, I was at Buffalo Wild Wings for a social function with my business fraternity. And while I was sitting talking to a friend, a tall, frail, ragged looking man came up to me, asking if I could please buy him some food. I automatically told him no, I didn't have any more money on me, so he kindly nodded and walked away.
I spent the rest of the night feeling so guilty for turning the man down. Who knows how long it's been since he's had something decent to eat, and I couldn't spare a few measly dollars to help him?
And low and behold, our blog assignment is a piece about the cruelty and ignorance of the people in our society when it comes to the treatment of "homeless" people. Biggest guilt trip ever.
But Kingsolver really does make an excellent and extremely valid point, and I feel like everyone needs to read this essay, to give themselves a little perspective on how life actually is for homeless people.
Goodness do I feel like a huge jerk right now.
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