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Author Topic: Its hard in this world not to be cynical but you can try  (Read 5,588 times)

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Its hard in this world not to be cynical but you can try
« on: December 14, 2017, 05:23 AM »
Its hard in this world not to be cynical but you can try.
Try to imagine if the present you wanted most was some warm clothes.

Everyone is fighting a hard battle.

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Re: Its hard in this world not to be cynical but you can try
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2017, 07:07 PM »
Wow, kudos to the creator of this idea (and the Amazon delivery people...), beautiful gesture.

Homelessness is such a tough subject...on the one hand, handouts generally precipitate the problem. Making it easier to live on the streets = less reason to get a job and life back together.
On the other hand, being homeless probably makes it nearly impossible to get a normal job. So many of them may not even be mentally fit for a job.

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Re: Its hard in this world not to be cynical but you can try
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2017, 09:48 PM »
The same person/people made this video, also related to homelessness
(which seems relevant to some of your thoughts there wysiwyg125)

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Re: Its hard in this world not to be cynical but you can try
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2017, 06:56 AM »
Here's another one from the New York Times that might tug at your heartstrings.

facebook.com/nytimes/videos/1949889325228580/

Maybe we need a thread for heartwarming videos. :-*

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