While I am doing quite well now, I was homeless for a little while too. It would be nice if the world were so simple. Still and all, if hard work directly equaled wealth, all he women in my family in South America would be multi-millionaires.
I worked very hard to get where I am. I was offered disability and turned it down because I wanted to know if I could do it on my own, and I did. Except that I was never really on my own. I always had a basically civil society around me. I had running water and steady electricity. I had cops walking the streets, and I must grudgingly admit that I count a few of them as friends and that most police I have encountered are generally ethical people. I had hospitals waiting if anything went too wrong. The fire department would answer if I called.
Are there ugly exceptions to each of these? Of course. I could name a few, myself. But all in all, I was almost never completely alone. I'm proud of that. I'm proud to be part of a society wherein at least some of the members refuse to throw people away. I am proud to contribute to that now that I am doing much better.
Go back to an earlier post from Khaos. We are aggressive, but we hunt in packs. We stick up for each other. We hold each other up.
