This past week I
helped volunteer with the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative “Point
in Time” Survey. Of all the things that I have done so far in
Denver, this has had the biggest impact on me as a person. While
doing the survey I sat down with a lot of great people that were
going through a rough time in their life. I learned a lot about the
varying reasons that cause a person to find themselves without a
home, and it got me thinking about how easily it can happen to
anyone.
The other thing
that had a big impact on me was how positive almost everyone was.
Being without a place to call home is probably the hardest thing a
person can experience, and for the most part everyone I talked to
were fairly positive, and highly optimistic. It just taught me a
valuable lesson about finding joy in the hard times, and being
appreciative of what you have because nothing in life is a guarantee.
