Going through Reddit, I stumbled upon this video of an Occupy protest that actually shows the true importance of what they’re doing. In London, protesters stopped to talk to a homeless man and help him in a small way. While I was a bit uncomfortable at all of them taking pictures with him, I loved the message of the first guy who made an important point:
“If you don’t talk to this guy or you don’t give him no money, than none of this means nothing to you.”
Seeing more and more people suffering out in the open, it’s really important that we acknowledge their existence in any way that you can. Sure, we’re all (well, most of us) are going through tough times right now, but these unseen people literally go unacknowledged by a large portion of passerbys and that is not right. Yes, you could go broke helping everyone out there, but it’s not only about the money. Sometimes, it’s the simple acknowledgement that they matter in this hard world that we’re all trying to make a little better. After all, our lives are also about how to be human, so that you are moving your soul.
Just saying…
-thanks to tiggersmith1992 for sharing this heart-wrenching video
