Comments on: Thomas http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/2008/12/thomas/ changing the story of homelessness Thu, 17 May 2012 02:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nanci http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/2008/12/thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Nanci Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:17:38 +0000 http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/?p=79#comment-21 This is so real and just what I needed to hear - thank you for this ministry - it is very needed and very well done! This is so real and just what I needed to hear – thank you for this ministry – it is very needed and very well done!

]]> By: Kimberly Bock http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/2008/12/thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Kimberly Bock Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:07:09 +0000 http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/?p=79#comment-17 What state was this filmed in? Florida? it would be really weird if so, cause I could swear I've seen this man before. I was homeless and strung out in Daytona some time ago, before entering recovery. I'm grabbing your feed. I KNOW how hard it is to pick yourself up in this world the way it is today. People look @Thomas like he's a worthless dirtball. When the fact of the matter is, there are not many options for us. People would rather pass us by or spit on us then offer us help. Help that's available is nearly worthless. We have no insurance to pay for treatment programs or housing. We have waiting lines that keep us waiting for months to enter programs paid for by the state or otherwise. by that time, we don't know where we are going to be. We can't sleep in the same place too many nights in a row or we face incarceration. We can't work because noone wants to hire a smelly homeless dude carrying his life's belongings in a totebag on his/her shoulders, drug addict or not. Heaven forbid we SHOULD manage to get out then make it our lifes mission to encourage change and betterment, because even then we are ridiculed. People want us to change, but when we do, we are frequently resisted, as if we are nobody's. Wherever he is right now, I hope he's being cared for until he can get out of the hell he is in. Todays hero? Thomas. The rest of us can learn from him. What state was this filmed in? Florida? it would be really weird if so, cause I could swear I’ve seen this man before. I was homeless and strung out in Daytona some time ago, before entering recovery.

I’m grabbing your feed. I KNOW how hard it is to pick yourself up in this world the way it is today.

People look @Thomas like he’s a worthless dirtball. When the fact of the matter is, there are not many options for us. People would rather pass us by or spit on us then offer us help.

Help that’s available is nearly worthless.

We have no insurance to pay for treatment programs or housing.

We have waiting lines that keep us waiting for months to enter programs paid for by the state or otherwise. by that time, we don’t know where we are going to be.

We can’t sleep in the same place too many nights in a row or we face incarceration.

We can’t work because noone wants to hire a smelly homeless dude carrying his life’s belongings in a totebag on his/her shoulders, drug addict or not.

Heaven forbid we SHOULD manage to get out then make it our lifes mission to encourage change and betterment, because even then we are ridiculed.

People want us to change, but when we do, we are frequently resisted, as if we are nobody’s.

Wherever he is right now, I hope he’s being cared for until he can get out of the hell he is in.

Todays hero? Thomas. The rest of us can learn from him.

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