Helping is hard, but so needed.

A lot of people have found this out the hard way, they meet somebody and they think you know what I can make a difference. All they need is just a little bit of help to get them to the other side. We don’t realize the true commitment that comes with helping people, the true commitment that it takes to get somebody where they need to be. We feel like what if we give them a hotel for a week, maybe two weeks maybe even two months. But what if we done? We’ve housed them for two months, but did we get them in contact with a caseworker that could maybe help with placement into a more permanent situation? No, how could we know that we need to do that? How do we know what to really do for someone that is in need? Of course we want to get them off the street and put them in a place where they are safe. But what about food? What about clothing? Maybe we even bring somebody into our own home and we think OK we can make this a reality for them. They’re a good person. I know they’re a good person. I know good people! They just need to see right? They just need to see what we’re doing and they can mimic that behavior and everything will be all right. You know there is some truth to that, people do come from places where they did not receive a good example. But the truth is helping people is so hard, they have their own free will which makes it even harder for us to get completed what we think we need to get done. Free will it’s what gives us everything we want here in the United States, free will it’s what gives us the ability to make those choices. A free will is also the ability to walk away from somebody that’s not willing to help themselves at times. Because they use their will to walk away also. I don’t wanna discourage anyone from helping, because I do believe that we are a wonderful group of people that do everything we can to help people the people that I run into want to help more than anything. But sometimes we have to stop and ask am I doing what I need to to be the most impactful in this person‘s life? Is there more that I can do? I wish I had the answers to all of these things, I wish I was able to just tell you everything you need to do. But much like you I’m learning every day, and all I know is we just can’t give up on people. We have to continue to put people first. we have to continue to try to help everyone. So the packs that you put together, the meals that you provide the clothes that you donate all of the supplies that you give to help enrich these men’s lives is exactly what you need to do. It is what helps us help the man that maybe you couldn’t get to where you wanted them to be together we can create this together. We can make it happen.