03/06/2022
A SAD ENDING TO A SAN DIEGO MAN'S STRUGGLE WITH BEING HOMELESS. BEING HOMELESS PUTS PEOPLE ON SURVIVAL MODE WHICH SOMETIMES LEADS TO US TAKING RISKS TO EAT, SLEEP, OR TO MAKE OUR SITUATION AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT WE OFTEN ENCOUNTER THE ELEMENTS OF THE STREETS INCLUDING RUN IN'S WITH POLICE, PEOPLE WHO ARE VIOLENT, INTOXICATED, OR HIGH ON DRUGS; GANGS, MENTALLY ILL, ROBBERS, RAPISTS, AND OTHER PREDATORS WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SITUATION AS BEING EASY PREY. MOST OF OUR OPPOSITION COMES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HOMELESS THEMSELVES.
PEOPLE EXPECT US TO PICK OURSELVES UP, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAN LONG TERM GOALS WHEN YOU ARE LIVING BY THE DAY. WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. IT'S A LOT MORE TO OUR SITUATIONS THAN JUST BEING HOMELESS. WE ALL HAVE A STORY OF WHERE WE CAME FROM AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT. LISTEN BEFORE YOU JUDGE!
MANY, LIKE MYSELF, SUCCESSFULLY CAME OUT OF MY HOMELESS STRUGGLE, BUT VIRGIL DID NOT. HE DIED HOMELESS AFTER BEING SHOT AND KILLED IN SAN DIEGO DURING EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD WHERE SLEEPING IN THEIR WARM BEDS.
REST IN PEACE TO VIRGIL HEARD WHOM I SHARED THE SAME STRUGGLE WITH MORE THAN ONCE IN MY LIFE. I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR US BRO. YOUR ENDING WILL BE USED TOWARDS CREATING NEW BEGINNINGS........
