"People seem to care more about ...than they do about men like him, who line up in the cold every night to race for a cot in Madison's oldest homeless shelter."
He gets it. Now he should use that new-found knowledge to make a life assessment.
Have these guys ever heard the expression, "beggars can't be choosers?" Actually, they can be choosers. They are free men, and they are free to find other places to go which are more to their liking. If they don't like the free accommodations and service at this church, why do they keep coming back?
A major step in the right direction would be to move on from self pity. His life is his fault. After accepting that, he'd be more appreciative of the kindness of others and possibly start to better himself.
"No one pays any attention," said Petty, 48, a standout on the University of Wisconsin-Madison basketball team in the late 1970s who recently finished a prison term and now lives on the streets. "
A major step in the right direction would be to move on from self pity. His life is his fault. After accepting that, he'd be more appreciative of the kindness of others and possibly start to better himself.