Grant and a few others have mentioned the challenge of helping people who are homeless, who we as bike riders see and encounter more than others because we are in the out of the way places. I encounter it now and again, increasingly in the last two years. Clearly the current answers for addressing the root causes are not working, but that is not the point of this. Helping the immediate need is.
On today’s ride I saw a man in a sleeping bag under a tree off to the side of the trail. No matter the whys and wherefores, a real person in real need. As he was asleep, I rode on, and kept an eye out for him on my return. Not carrying food or money, and could only offer him water, and he was bone dry, so small as it was it was something. I returned later with a lunch and a coat, but he had moved on. I have now started carrying gourp to give out, and extra water, etc. No easy answers, but it is easy to see myself in that position were it not for the love of family helping me so much with my bludgeoned brain and the insurance I am blessed to have (brain injury is a hidden factor in many people who are homeless, often misdiagnosed as mental illness), and is one of the reasons helping is so very challenging — brain injury defies most people’s understanding of what help is needed and is different for every person). With abandon, Patrick www.CredoFamily.org www.MindYourHeadCoop.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
