Snow Day

Page 46 of 365.

Hi my fellow Lovies. I hope the day is treating you well. The snowy weather is just starting here, and looks like it'll be here for the next couple days... Time to grab a blanket and cozy up by the fire place, until it's time to watch Team Canada take on Team USA tonight. Obviously, I am rooting for Team Canada... It's one of the few things that we Canadians can take pride in. LOL

I don't really have a huge topic to talk about today. I have some thoughts on my mind, and they're a bit jumbled so I am not sure if I should just put them in one blurb, or do separate ones.

I guess it's the soft heart in me, that makes my mind wander towards all the homeless and people who have spent years on the streets. I'd like to say, it's on the empath in me; but unfortunately, I actually know what it feels like to be sleeping in a park under some tree while it snows, or rains. The weather in Canada is absolutely unforgiving!!!

Back then we, "street people", had to sleep with one eye open BUT we kind of also had a community where we watched out for each other... or maybe I was just lucky that way. These days, it seems each man for themselves, the poor are robbing the poor... and it appears the government couldn't give a rat's ass about it's own citizens as it's more focused on bringing in new people.

I am not making this a political post... Sorry, not sorry!!!

I guess the message I am trying to get across is that I have been the lowest of lows; and I by no means, am living a lavious life. The weird thing is, it would appear lavious to those who are in the position I was in, as a teenager. People tend to forget that. 

I have a roof over my head. I have food in my belly. I have heat (no thanks to the slumlords of this building), and I have hydro. Anything past that is a luxury. Believe me, I am not bragging, but I am truly blessed. I don't consider the monies that make me "rich"... it is the tribe that I am part of, that is priceless.

I want to end this blurb with this message...

Please be a little kinder to the homeless. I know a lot of you feel most of them are a victim of their own circumstance; that doesn't mean they deserve to freeze to death. They are humans. I cannot stand how people look down on addicts and alcoholics... You should be ashamed of yourselves. Every single person is affected by the illness/disease in one way or another. 

A lot of you also know that most people don't CHOSE it. I am not making excuses for anyone; I am just trying to open some people's minds.... and hopefully more hearts!!!

THE ONLY TIME YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING DOWN ON SOMEONE, IS WHEN YOU ARE OFFERING YOUR HAND TO HELP THEM UP!!! Truth be told.

Stay safe. Stay warm. Be well. Be blessed. Most of all, Be LOVED!!!

~ Phoenix

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