[fishoholic]

I like to know the situation of the homeless person before passing judgment.

For example I knew a girl in high school that had the perfect life. Great parents, straight A student, lots of friends until gr.10. About half way through she started dating a guy who got her hooked on drugs and from there everything went downhill for her. I know her friends and family tried for a long time to get her help but she didn't want any part of it, I felt bad for her situation but I never understood how or why she couldn't take the help being offered to her to get her life back on track. It was really hard for me to see someone who had so much going for her throw it all away for the next high.

One of the sadder stories I know of was of this one homeless man. He lived on the streets because he was terrified to go inside buildings. When he was eight years old his house caught on fire and he watched his family burn to death, mother, father, and older brother. A firefighter pulled him out from under his mother and although he had 3 degree burns he lived through the ordeal. However this event traumatized him for life and now as an adult he is to scared to go inside buildings.

There are a lot of sad situations out there but then there are also success stories. Anyone who has seen "The pursuit of happiness" (which is based on a true story, and the guy who the movie is based on does a cameo in it at the end of the movie) knows that with some hard work and some training you can get yourself out of a bad situation.