It's my birthday!
What I would like to manifest for myself : a place to live, a steady income, and to surround myself with people who don't carry judgement of people's circumstances without understanding that some things are simply outside of our realm of control.
Been a vagrant for going on 9 months now... It's worn me down a bit.
If anyone wants to support me where social services have failed in getting me out of my dire straits, my CashApp handle is $SassyVagrant .
If not, I just want to give the blanket statement that none of us really ever has a full grasp on what each other are going through; my circumstances are not unique, but the shortcomings in the proverbial "System" are an insipid quagmire of barriers and hurdles that so many under-resourced people are struggling daily to overcome, and often failing because of how demonized words like "homeless" and "unemployed" have become.
I've gone through entirely too much hell to allow anyone write me off as "lazy" because, in spite of my best efforts, I am still stuck in a less than ideal situation. It certainly is not for lack of trying, and no one(or really very few) people are unhoused and/or under-resourced because they choose to be. And yes, sometimes it happens as a result of less than stellar life choices.
However, whatever a person's circumstances may be, no one should be deprived of having their absolutely basic needs met. No one should be stuck for days, months, years, begging for help and given the runaround.
We are all still humans. Humans with stories, and lives, and hopes, and dreams. I was born at a disadvantage; I was born into a poor family. I went to schools in low-income districts. By default, I did not have access to the resources many do, and yet I can still recognize there are many who were born with even large disadvantages than I had... But, that is another subject entirely.
Not sure where I was going with this exactly... I haven't had my ADHD medications in quite some time(yet more hurdles and barriers). If anyone feels inclined to help me, feel free. If you don't, and have the means, help somebody. Anybody who needs it. But at the very least, be kind to people as much as life allows - we are all trudging through this bullshit climate that is currently our world together. Let's at least not make it harder on one another.