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The Impact of Homelessness
Michael Wesley Collins RIP, took his own life Wednesday, this is what he wrote abouthomelessnessat the end of November 2018.
"Homelessnessis no joke. Taking a journey through beinghomelessand penniless has given me a new perspective on what hardshipshomelesspeople endure. Once you're in it, it's very, very difficult to escape. You run into chicken-egg problems again and again and it leads to an inevitable downward spiral. For example, you can't get a job because you'rehomelessand you'rehomelessbecause you can't get a job. Imagine having no car, being filthy and trying to show up to a job interview. It's impossible, and you come into a hopeless downward spiral. Thehomelessshelters are awful places where they pack people in like sardines in bunk beds, and everyone there is in a dark state of hopelessness. Please keep me and all otherhomelessin your prayers, but action is needed even more than prayer. If you seehomeless, or know of someone on the brink ofhomelessness, please have compassion for them and give to them generously. You have no idea of the circumstances that led to their condition, as this world can be a cruel and unforgiving place."
"I have a master's degree, high intelligence, and a variety of high-value skills, but I still wound uphomelessand if you understood the story and reasons why, it would make perfect sense, and you would also understand that I had no control of the events that led to this place. It was a complex series of events that caused it, and it can truly happen to anyone."
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