Acts of kindness
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I think acts of kindness are antithetical to the very cut throat and self-interested society we find ourselves in today. In other words, it's good to see. 
PS95
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This brings to mind a Q I have had.. on occasion I run into the homeless. I normally talk with them a bit and see what I can do to help them- the convo always turns to Christ and 9/10 x they say they are believers.. Anyway, usually there is a strong smell of alcohol or an obvious drug stupor... some seemed to be mentally ill.
MY Q is- I tend to hesitate when they ask for cash which they always do- simply because I don't want to be the one who buys their drugs or alcohol. When I've offered my home to them- or food- they don't want it...
I don't want to walk away without doing something, so I end up annoyingly giving cash and making them promise to use it for food.. for whatever that's worth.
I'm wondering if anyone else can tell me what they do. I really don't want to feed a habit. I've worried that I could be the reason they die if they OD'd. I've found that the homeless are very hard people to help.
MY Q is- I tend to hesitate when they ask for cash which they always do- simply because I don't want to be the one who buys their drugs or alcohol. When I've offered my home to them- or food- they don't want it...
I don't want to walk away without doing something, so I end up annoyingly giving cash and making them promise to use it for food.. for whatever that's worth.
I'm wondering if anyone else can tell me what they do. I really don't want to feed a habit. I've worried that I could be the reason they die if they OD'd. I've found that the homeless are very hard people to help.
I have given cash at times, but sometimes I will walk over to a restaurant like subway or something not full of trash food, and purchase a gift card. Last summer, I cane across a homeless man on a corner near some stores, restaurants, and shopping centers. He was a very sweet man. We talked for probably an hour. I gave him a Subway gift card enough for 2 or 3 meals. It would feed him and also get him inside, paying for food and sitting in a cool place on a very hot day. We were in the midst of weeks over 100° ....115°+ heat indexes. (I had a heat stroke last summer, it was horrific.)
So bottom line ...if they're near a restaurant, get them a gift card for food. Or give them a WM gift card, etc.
PS95
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Amen, @Debp.
I have an abundance of eggs (at times getting almost 50 eggs a day). I do sell some, but I give away more than I can sell. I know a couple of veterans who I can give lots of eggs to, enough to feed them and their dogs and cats. lol
My dogs get at least a dozen eggs a day between two of them ...and about 10 eggs a day to the 9 cats that have multiplied around me.
I have an abundance of eggs (at times getting almost 50 eggs a day). I do sell some, but I give away more than I can sell. I know a couple of veterans who I can give lots of eggs to, enough to feed them and their dogs and cats. lol
My dogs get at least a dozen eggs a day between two of them ...and about 10 eggs a day to the 9 cats that have multiplied around me.
Wow. Wish I lived near you. I eat lots of eggs.
amigo de christo
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We kept one of her pups that is now about 4 years old. Her name is Missy. Missy belongs to my son Mark. Pepsi was his dog. Missy is a sweetheart. Mama was a Blue Heeler, and daddy was the neighbor's Dachshund.
I named her before Mark decided he wanted her. And I named her Missy because I wanted to encourage a sweet feminine character in her. And she's a sweet girl. But boy can she bark! Lol
I trained her not to bark for me ...oh, she still does, but she knows I won't reward her frantic loud ear drum piercing barking. She has to lay or sit still and then I'll give her belly rubs and cuddles. She has short little legs from her daddy. And she will lay on her back and wait for belly rubs. When I pet her sweet face, she wraps her little short leg around my wrist and hugs my hand to her face.
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