What do you do when you meet a homeless person?

A friend send me an article that appeared in the freebie Chicago subway paper RED EYE on Tuesday. It asks the readers a simple question....

When faced with a homeless person, what do you do?

Boston is certainly no different....here the homeless seem to linger in Harvard Square, North Station, Park Street and Copley.

Certainly some homeless actually enjoy not having a care in the world and just hold out a cup so they can buy their next drink, but believe me they are in the minority. So many others (myself included) have seen their world erode to the point that we are living on the streets.

I hear some people snicker that the homeless are a bunch of lazy bums - well how about the ones that spend all day going through trash cans looking for cans and bottles (at 5 cents each) to get a little spending money - that isn't being lazy

I just ask that you look at every homeless person you encounter differently. No two stories are the same ( but some are similar ). Yes sometimes we don't smell very good but shower options are few and far between.

Thanks for reading