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Life lessons: The struggle, or lack thereof (pg. 11)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by OrangestO
I'm homeless, depending on your definition. |
We're all homeless, in my definition. What exactly is yours? |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by wotyzoid
...but if it happened to me I'd be ok, not with being A homeless, but just being homeless. |
That's a foolish thing to say, given that you don't have experience with being homeless. |
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| Jon_Snow |
Every time I pop into this thread and read one of his posts I'm like.
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by wotyzoid
Spoken like a true master |
Yeah, I'm known to be the most positive person in the world. |
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| wotyzoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by AlphaStarred
That's a foolish thing to say, given that you don't have experience with being homeless. |
I'd be as ok as anyone can be being homeless, maybe not all the time, but you understood what I meant. Nice try, though.
Edit: Basically you're saying its foolish to believe that I would be able to survive on the street. Well, you. And you don't know my experiences, so you again. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| You would not be okay being homeless, you ing clown. Homeless people die constantly. They freeze, they starve, they get beaten up and pissed on. No matter what you want from life, you cannot achieve it living rough. Screw your ing head on. I may insult you on a regular basis, but you're not this dumb. |
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| wotyzoid |
| The problem is wanting anything at all. I'll get what I deserve. My head is screwed on just fine, thank you sir. |
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| OrangestO |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
We're all homeless, in my definition. What exactly is yours? |
Good question, and I'm still trying to figure it out.
I used to think home was about a place I could pinpoint on a map - maybe it still is. I eat, sleep and right there. That's my home. But I had my own apartment a year ago, and I felt more homeless than I do now without it. All the things I once thought I needed to have a home are long gone. I live quite minimally out of my backpack and have for the last year. Are physical comfort and financial security necessary to feel at home? And what does that mean to the individual? I don't own the beds I've slept in - the dozens upon dozens over the last 12 months - but I'm sheltered with a roof over my head. My freelance career provides me the money I need to eat well and sleep in relative peace, but I don't have health insurance or a 401K plan. I have three passports; surely I should feel at home somewhere because of that, shouldn't I? I never have, and still don't. I don't mean to sound cliche, but for me, home is in the heart. It resembles a content - not exactly the word I'm looking for here - state of my mind, as opposed to constantly feeling restless because you don't feel like you're in the right place. I don't mean physically, either, although one's location could play a part in that unsettled feeling. I don't have a home in the traditional sense, anymore. When people ask me where I live, I tell them wherever I'm at at that time. But that's not what I call home, either. Home is how I feel.
Do the homeless feel without a home, or feel at home everywhere?
Home is a matter of perspective in your individual situation, I say. What might feel like home to some might feel like homelessness to others and vice versa. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Yeah, I'm known to be the most positive person in the world. |
lol |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by wotyzoid
The problem is wanting anything at all. I'll get what I deserve. My head is screwed on just fine, thank you sir. |
What you get is a direct result of what you do. Deserving has nothing to do with anything. |
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| wotyzoid |
| Deserving might have nothing to do with it but that first part is bull too. I'll get what I'll get, happy? |
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