I have never been the type to blog every day. It’s too much work, and I am an awful writer. So this is actually for yesterday, and then I will make a new one for today. I don’t know why I am acting like I am answering to a huge following. I don’t think one person besides me would be reading this, but I think it’s easier to write a blog if you pretend you have an audience. So here is my post for the masses. I am scared of Downtown… anywhere. If it’s Downtown, I don’t like it. I grew up in a town where the population is between 8,000 – 9,500ish. A very small place. So just the traffic patterns alone scare the hell out of me. But alas, I had to go downtown yesterday. I planned on going to a park/area where homeless are known to frequent and hand out some goodie bags. Sadly my mission downtown was not completed, and I did not have time to hand out all of the bags. I did, however, get to give out one bag. The man was so kind and seemed truly grateful. My concern was, “I hope these supplies are things he could use”. I never know if a person is a scam artist, or really someone in need. I don’t think it’s my place to judge. I would obviously rather being giving it to a person truly in need. With how grateful this man was, I believe he needed the items. I know a lot of people get mad or frustrated at “panhandlers” (where does that phrase even come from?), but I think it’s a lot harder than people assume it is. I mean sure, you are asking for people’s “hard” earned money, but it’s not easy. To be honest, someone out in the street asking for money, is working a lot harder than I do at my job. I am lucky to have a job that requires a certain skill set, but it’s not a hard job at all. All this to say, I don’t mind handing off a few dollars to help someone I truly believe is in need. My theory is if they are going to buy drugs or a drink, so be it. It’s money they didn’t have to steal. As a person who has had money stolen from them for drugs, I know how bad that sucks. Also, addicts are people too. We are all one bad decision away from being in a really bad spot. The good news is I still have more bags to hand out, and more meal cards. The bad news is, I probably have to do downtown again. L I am learning so much about myself doing this 30 acts. I really enjoy helping people. If it wasn’t so hard, I think I would go back to school to be a social worker. I would be amazing at it, but I HATE school and the lie that is higher education. But that’s a horse of another color.