splendid moonlight

Ever saw a stranger roaming around on his own looking poor and homeless and you almost die of feeling thinking to yourself "Poor guy, where is his family? How can they just leave him like that? What's our government doing about this?"

Well now I know sometimes it's not the family's fault, nor the government's. He must have beaten his sisters or threatened his mother. He must have been on drugs and/or drinking too much alcohol until he finally alienated everyone close to him. His friends that were with him during "good times" does not help him and his family are too scared for their own lives to forgive him one more time. His wife/girlfriend was probably the last woman standing, but ultimately gave up - if he didn't kill her first - because her soul got too beaten up.

Now I understand why certain people simply have no mercy for some of these lost strangers - you see them smirk at the sight of them and you think "Why, this person does not feel for the less fortunate at all. He totally lacks empathy; how despicable" - but the truth is they simply know what led those strangers to be where they are now.

Next time you see a stranger roaming around looking poor and homeless, it's probably because of his own doing.