Today I'm contemplating what a human being needs in order to live a life with purpose.
Fellowmen is the first word that comes to mind.
I watched a program about a millionaire in England who came to live and work with homeless people, for then to donate some money to projects which aided them and made them able to aid themselves. He met a lady who ran a choir with people who had been homeless, and a lady who ran a project called Connection, which helped people through the process of getting back to living in houses after having been on the streets.
What this man concluded was that most of the people had lost touch with their networks. Often ending up on the streets came after a breakup with a partner or family member. Then, according to the homeless ones, there was a limit of two weeks - that's not much! - to get back on the track. After that, the way of life of the streets would quickly be absorbed as "normality", often in combination with alcohol and drugs.
The networks that we offer people when we meet them are first of all ourselves.
But what do we share with them?
Let us seek eachother and not give up until we find eachother.
Then let us share eachother's needs and be the support we seek:)
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