Not sure if I should keep this blog or just be done with it.  I'm clearly having trouble keeping up with it...

Feeling like a big shit at the moment.  One of the folks I supervise at work is homeless, which I have known for the last few weeks.  He's been staying with a friend and I've thought about it a bit here and there, what it might be like to be in his shoes.  And I went on with my day.  At the end of the day today we had a chat about his recent tardiness and he shared that he was put out of his friend's place the previous day.  I asked what we could do to help, reached out to his case manager and some folks at my work, then headed home for the day.  But I didn't ask him if he had a place to go tonight. I don't know why. It just didn't occur to me.  And as I was wrapping things up at work, I started to feel a little bit sick. I have a home to return to at the end of the day, plenty of food, clothes, cars...  I have a LOT.  I suppose I'm lucky and he's unlucky. I'm fortunate and not.  I know that I cannot solve his homelessness issue - but I continue to ask myself "What can I do to lighten his load?" as I'm certain this is a heavy burden to bear.

I think I have more empathy towards people now than I used to and I feel much more connected to others, whether I know them personally or not. I feel responsible to do something, to help lighten the load. Life is heavy and if we're not supporting each other, the weight can be unbearable sometimes.