Maybe he could receive the money in Bitcoin and spend it as he needs?
What a nice and insightful follow up though. Too often, we think our job is done and move on to the next keyboard warrior crusade.
This experience is reflection of how we don't always think about how people who are truly less fortunate can be tied to money as much as people who have more of it.
Everyone has the right to have the opportunity to work through their stuff. Not being able to have the basic necessities similarly can prevent you from pursuing one's inner growth, when the next place to eat or sleep is the real struggle.
It's a collective failure of our society in many ways, if we are quick to judge and trivialize anyone's experience of their existence without taking a minute to turn any stranger into a person by learning their story and participating in humanity by treating others with unconditional dignity.
There was good in this journey that should continue:
- The heart was in the right place. Giving in the right mindset is all one can do.
- Something positive came of this, namely someone has learned a new skill. We all feel more empowered when we can create the smallest new habit, let alone a new talent altogether.
- Like everyone deserves, they are working through their stuff.
I can't help but wonder if there's more like this that could be happening in other cities. Ultimately it will reach who is ready to find and take their next step, and it's not our job to create change, only help plant seeds and encourage the gardener to give it the water and sunshine it needs.
At the end of the day only we can learn our own lessons, and we have a choice in supporting and encouraging each other to do so. Sounds hokey to some, but once you have the right supportive circle in your life, there's nothing like it.
Hopefully the sharing of this experience doesn't turn people away from trying to improve it, no effort is perfect the first time.
There are few skills like programming that can turn someone's fortunes around this day in age, whether we are homeless, or not, and everyone deserves an opportunity to see what they can be, and become.
What a nice and insightful follow up though. Too often, we think our job is done and move on to the next keyboard warrior crusade.
This experience is reflection of how we don't always think about how people who are truly less fortunate can be tied to money as much as people who have more of it.
Everyone has the right to have the opportunity to work through their stuff. Not being able to have the basic necessities similarly can prevent you from pursuing one's inner growth, when the next place to eat or sleep is the real struggle.
It's a collective failure of our society in many ways, if we are quick to judge and trivialize anyone's experience of their existence without taking a minute to turn any stranger into a person by learning their story and participating in humanity by treating others with unconditional dignity.
There was good in this journey that should continue:
- The heart was in the right place. Giving in the right mindset is all one can do.
- Something positive came of this, namely someone has learned a new skill. We all feel more empowered when we can create the smallest new habit, let alone a new talent altogether.
- Like everyone deserves, they are working through their stuff.
I can't help but wonder if there's more like this that could be happening in other cities. Ultimately it will reach who is ready to find and take their next step, and it's not our job to create change, only help plant seeds and encourage the gardener to give it the water and sunshine it needs.
At the end of the day only we can learn our own lessons, and we have a choice in supporting and encouraging each other to do so. Sounds hokey to some, but once you have the right supportive circle in your life, there's nothing like it.
Hopefully the sharing of this experience doesn't turn people away from trying to improve it, no effort is perfect the first time.
There are few skills like programming that can turn someone's fortunes around this day in age, whether we are homeless, or not, and everyone deserves an opportunity to see what they can be, and become.