tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611368168520828748.post6996260916686910925..comments2024-02-21T01:20:45.331-07:00Comments on That Poverty Project Blog: Top 10 Things I've Learned from the Poor . . . So Far (Day 40 - August 31, 2011)Sean D. Krausert, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666106851998461274noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611368168520828748.post-37839153052479981362011-09-01T22:29:48.048-06:002011-09-01T22:29:48.048-06:00Thanks for the comments to all of you. You all ro...Thanks for the comments to all of you. You all rock! <br /><br />Too often people think of the bad example of poverty (person cheating the system, etc), perhaps because they're glaring and visible, and overlook all of the examples of regular people that just need a little help. They are like "us" . . . they are somebody's son or daughter . . . we are one.Sean D. Krausert, Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666106851998461274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611368168520828748.post-82436768523938328072011-09-01T21:39:57.945-06:002011-09-01T21:39:57.945-06:00One thing I have learned from talking to our guest...One thing I have learned from talking to our guests at Inn From the Cold is how like "us" the homeless are. So many have just hit a patch of bad luck, and once you are homeless it is hard to get out.. renting requires a damage deposit, references from your last land lord, etc. Many landlords don't want to rent to someone that has been living on the streets. As I watched a Carrie Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075478950721803877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611368168520828748.post-40322598040993485332011-09-01T10:11:35.252-06:002011-09-01T10:11:35.252-06:00A word from That Poverty Guy's mother...again....A word from That Poverty Guy's mother...again.<br />I was in Canmore for a couple of days and I am in awe (more than ever) of what my son is doing. When I heard the bitterness in some of the mail he talked about in the last blog, and how shook up he was by them, it broke my heart. I wish that those sad little people could walk in Sean's shoes for even a day. I was in town to rehearse Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611368168520828748.post-81299219460690614542011-08-31T23:59:06.044-06:002011-08-31T23:59:06.044-06:00if only every organization realized "people a...if only every organization realized "people are more important than projects"....wow...i love that!<br />i have to thank you for sharing this journey with all of us via this blog. it has been a tremendous blessing to read the many emotions, struggles and interesting things that have come up on ur journey so far. First off...it has made me way more aware of those less lucky in life all interior galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054738366708741112noreply@blogger.com