Personal Narrative: Uncovering The Homeless

Sitting on the corner covered in dirt, ripped jeans, shirt tight and small, and a beard that looks like a bird made a nest in it. He’s pushing a cart full of cans and beer bottles. Whistling a tune I can’t seem to place. He has the biggest smile on his face, he is waving at cars and even asking how people’s days are. I look down and glance at my two hundred dollar pair of shoes, I look over at is… what used to be shoes. There’s more tape on his feet than there is shoe.
He strolls past a man and asks “how’re you doing?” the man looks at him in disgust and throws his half empty can of soda on the ground. The man climbed into his Mercedes-Benz trying not to dirty up his new suit. The unkempt homeless fellow fell over coughing and retching in pain. The well off man sat there for a second shielding his face, saying he might catch some “disease” he criticised him for a second, proceeded to throw change at him, than drove off leaving a trail of dirt. I ran over to him and reached my hand down to help him up. He immediately flinched and whimpered. …show more content…
When you walk down the street don’t shadow the homeless. They’re people too, instead you should help them. I’m not telling you to switch lives around, all it takes is one act of kindness to make a change in someone’s life. Use your training in your professional field to your advantage. If you’re a doctor than go help the sick, diagnose them, help them get through it. They just need guidance. Twenty-six percent of homeless are diagnosed with serious mental issues. So when you see a homeless person on the streets, offer friendship or your help. Not all want money. People have bad times in their life where everything goes wrong, some lose a little, and some lose everything. Not all people can get out of it by themselves so be that kind person you know you want to be and help. Volunteer at shelters for homeless, rack up canned goods you don’t use, or even just collect