angelburst29
The Living Force
Homelessness- This is a subject that has eaten at "my Soul and Heart" for good amount of my life. I grew up in a rural area in a Farming Community on a dairy farm in the early 50's - late 60's. If the family received word that someone in the Community had suffered loss of any kind or were in need of extra help due to an emergency, those that could offer help of any kind - in any way - did so. It was an automatic response without thought of reciprocation or wanting something in exchange. Sometimes, it was the little things that meant the most, like giving moral support and friendship. Ethnic background or Religion never interfered with mindful and tangible considerations. Another human being needed help and you did what you could, within reason. Everyone was in the same boat, so to speak, trying to keep a roof over their head and food on the table.
During the 70's and 80's, there was a remarkable change in the Community. As the older folks passed away, many of the younger generation navigated to the inner cities, seeking jobs and monetary payment. Barter and established customs slowly faded away. Farms and acreage were downsized to make way for industrialization and housing projects. Money, influence and "keeping up with the Jone's" became a dominating factor. Somewhere in the mix, we lost "our Human compassion and innate responsibility towards our own race."
All of a sudden, a distinction between race, color, ethnic background, Nationality/Religion and monetary worth became dividing factors.
We no longer look upon our Human Brethren as part of our "self" or acknowledge any shared responsibility towards continued survival of our Species-as-a-whole. We have allowed a Foreign pathological Species, lacking our Soul Essence, to manipulate, control. slaughter and nearly annulinate our very own Species from the face of this planet. This scenario has played a dominating role, generation after generation for eons, to one degree or another, in subjecting our species to torture, unfathomable suffering and loss, through degradation and destruction of the very environment we rely on to survive. Food sources and the Divine Water that keeps living things, of all Species - alive - have all been intentionally altered and adulterated to cause suffering and death on a large scale. That which we were given Stewardship over, the animal and plant kingdom's, all life inhabiting our water's, land and air have suffered greatly to the point of extinction, in many cases. Nothing has been left sacred and of it's own divinity.
At this very moment, suffering, death and destruction are present over the greater part of our World, with areas in between, going through transitions of one kind or another. Only the elite fortresses have been left untouched.
Many of us fail to realize or feign in denial - that which "goes on over there - can't happen here." Yet, we're most enviably next in line. With the greater part of the World on fire, it's only a matter of time before we feel the heat and get consumed by the same fate ..... unless ..... we begin to acknowledge our own innate responsibility towards our fellow brethren, that of our own Species and work in the direction to stop the insane slaughter and bloodshed.
Homelessness and displacement is part of War but can also figure into other factors like economic or weather related. Having experienced "homelessness" at one point in my past, due to external factors beyond my control, it presents it's own perplexities. Mind set and willingness to survive - play a large factor in working through the situation and in my case, I was able to work through and out of the situation. But what about those, who have lost hope through loss of War or death or those repeatedly ignored and refused help, by the very Agencies set up for the purpose? In some incidences, certain Authority figures adding insult to injury where no crime has been commited, such as in this case (below link). And this isn't an isolated incident.
It perplexes me, that Million's of dollars have recently been allocated for illegal immigration breeching our Border's, yet fellow citizen's and Vet's have been ignored and neglected. There's more wrong with our Society then check and balances? Things have been spinning out of control and it's only a matter of time before we, ourselves, find ourselves displaced and homeless.
When do we wake-up!?
Homeless Man Tearfully Watches As Police Destroy His Shelter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/30/homeless-man-watches-shelter-destroyed_n_5634527.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
Wednesday July 30, 2014
Sam had just one request for police about to destroy the makeshift shelter in the woods he'd built: "Can I watch?"
The video above, showing a visibly shaken Sam become teary-eyed as his home of several years crumbles to the ground, is promoting a new documentary shedding light at the current realities of homelessness in America.
"Destiny's Bridge," a project sponsored by nonprofit Fractured Atlas and produced by filmmaker Jack Ballo, focuses on homeless minister Steve Brigham, who lives in the woods of New Jersey among dozens of others in similar circumstances. According to a fundraising page for the film, Brigham dedicates his time addressing the emotional needs of other homeless people, as he believes it's the first step in assimilating them back into society.
As Ballo points out on the fundraising campaign video for "Destiny's Bridge," the documentary also focuses on two major concepts: Getting to the core of why homelessness exists in the hope of finding successful solutions, and changing U.S. laws to make it legal for poor Americans to build small, inexpensive and eco-friendly houses they can afford on minimum wage.
"There are tent cities all over the country, and they're not going away," Ballo says of the makeshift communities built outdoors and comprised of homeless people in predominantly urban and suburban areas. "We need to come up with new ideas to manage the homeless crisis and find solutions, instead of having people suffer needlessly while we're wasting taxpayers' money."
CNN reported in May that the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is witnessing a rise in the tent cities Ballo speaks of -- the organization estimated that there are currently more than 100 tent cities in the U.S.
Ballo's approach to curbing homelessness with small homes is not an alien concept -- in fact, it has a proven track record in cities in Wisconsin, New York and Texas that have implemented similar strategies.
"We can check on our flowers and we can now try to live a normal life," Betty Ybarra of Madison, Wisconsin, told Reuters earlier this year of her new 99-square-foot home.
Production for "Destiny's Bridge" has been completed and the film has been shown at community screenings, but Ballo created an IndieGoGo fundraising page to pay for music licensing costs -- the final step before the film can be distributed to a larger audience. Ballo said in the campaign fundraising video that all additional funding after the $38,000 goal is met would go toward efforts to provide small-scale homes for the homeless throughout the country.
Haunting photo's of Vet's on the street (1-36)
During the 70's and 80's, there was a remarkable change in the Community. As the older folks passed away, many of the younger generation navigated to the inner cities, seeking jobs and monetary payment. Barter and established customs slowly faded away. Farms and acreage were downsized to make way for industrialization and housing projects. Money, influence and "keeping up with the Jone's" became a dominating factor. Somewhere in the mix, we lost "our Human compassion and innate responsibility towards our own race."
All of a sudden, a distinction between race, color, ethnic background, Nationality/Religion and monetary worth became dividing factors.
We no longer look upon our Human Brethren as part of our "self" or acknowledge any shared responsibility towards continued survival of our Species-as-a-whole. We have allowed a Foreign pathological Species, lacking our Soul Essence, to manipulate, control. slaughter and nearly annulinate our very own Species from the face of this planet. This scenario has played a dominating role, generation after generation for eons, to one degree or another, in subjecting our species to torture, unfathomable suffering and loss, through degradation and destruction of the very environment we rely on to survive. Food sources and the Divine Water that keeps living things, of all Species - alive - have all been intentionally altered and adulterated to cause suffering and death on a large scale. That which we were given Stewardship over, the animal and plant kingdom's, all life inhabiting our water's, land and air have suffered greatly to the point of extinction, in many cases. Nothing has been left sacred and of it's own divinity.
At this very moment, suffering, death and destruction are present over the greater part of our World, with areas in between, going through transitions of one kind or another. Only the elite fortresses have been left untouched.
Many of us fail to realize or feign in denial - that which "goes on over there - can't happen here." Yet, we're most enviably next in line. With the greater part of the World on fire, it's only a matter of time before we feel the heat and get consumed by the same fate ..... unless ..... we begin to acknowledge our own innate responsibility towards our fellow brethren, that of our own Species and work in the direction to stop the insane slaughter and bloodshed.
Homelessness and displacement is part of War but can also figure into other factors like economic or weather related. Having experienced "homelessness" at one point in my past, due to external factors beyond my control, it presents it's own perplexities. Mind set and willingness to survive - play a large factor in working through the situation and in my case, I was able to work through and out of the situation. But what about those, who have lost hope through loss of War or death or those repeatedly ignored and refused help, by the very Agencies set up for the purpose? In some incidences, certain Authority figures adding insult to injury where no crime has been commited, such as in this case (below link). And this isn't an isolated incident.
It perplexes me, that Million's of dollars have recently been allocated for illegal immigration breeching our Border's, yet fellow citizen's and Vet's have been ignored and neglected. There's more wrong with our Society then check and balances? Things have been spinning out of control and it's only a matter of time before we, ourselves, find ourselves displaced and homeless.
When do we wake-up!?
Homeless Man Tearfully Watches As Police Destroy His Shelter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/30/homeless-man-watches-shelter-destroyed_n_5634527.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
Wednesday July 30, 2014
Sam had just one request for police about to destroy the makeshift shelter in the woods he'd built: "Can I watch?"
The video above, showing a visibly shaken Sam become teary-eyed as his home of several years crumbles to the ground, is promoting a new documentary shedding light at the current realities of homelessness in America.
"Destiny's Bridge," a project sponsored by nonprofit Fractured Atlas and produced by filmmaker Jack Ballo, focuses on homeless minister Steve Brigham, who lives in the woods of New Jersey among dozens of others in similar circumstances. According to a fundraising page for the film, Brigham dedicates his time addressing the emotional needs of other homeless people, as he believes it's the first step in assimilating them back into society.
As Ballo points out on the fundraising campaign video for "Destiny's Bridge," the documentary also focuses on two major concepts: Getting to the core of why homelessness exists in the hope of finding successful solutions, and changing U.S. laws to make it legal for poor Americans to build small, inexpensive and eco-friendly houses they can afford on minimum wage.
"There are tent cities all over the country, and they're not going away," Ballo says of the makeshift communities built outdoors and comprised of homeless people in predominantly urban and suburban areas. "We need to come up with new ideas to manage the homeless crisis and find solutions, instead of having people suffer needlessly while we're wasting taxpayers' money."
CNN reported in May that the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is witnessing a rise in the tent cities Ballo speaks of -- the organization estimated that there are currently more than 100 tent cities in the U.S.
Ballo's approach to curbing homelessness with small homes is not an alien concept -- in fact, it has a proven track record in cities in Wisconsin, New York and Texas that have implemented similar strategies.
"We can check on our flowers and we can now try to live a normal life," Betty Ybarra of Madison, Wisconsin, told Reuters earlier this year of her new 99-square-foot home.
Production for "Destiny's Bridge" has been completed and the film has been shown at community screenings, but Ballo created an IndieGoGo fundraising page to pay for music licensing costs -- the final step before the film can be distributed to a larger audience. Ballo said in the campaign fundraising video that all additional funding after the $38,000 goal is met would go toward efforts to provide small-scale homes for the homeless throughout the country.
Haunting photo's of Vet's on the street (1-36)