HHi d_funkwriter here and I gotta say this is an awesome idea! As some one whose very life at the moment relies on RAKs from (mostly) strangers, this is a way to both thank them, show my gratitude, and inspire others to commit Acts. I am homeless, and in a way the new face of homelessness..not an active addict or alcoholic, or severely mentally ill, just trapped by health, economics, and circumstance…with a large dose of bureaucracy thrown in for good measure. I have been so blessed to be the recipient of so many Acts of good faith, from money while standing on the side of the road panhandling, to people taking me in THIER HOME!! for showers and meals and laundry. This is Baltimore we are talking about, it is hard town for the disenfranchised and alone, and the trust shown me by some folks is nothing short of miraculous. I feel that to keep the flow of goodwill I to must help out others, there is always someone worse off, so when the Starbucks folks give me a bag of out of date pastry, I go out and share it with others. When I see someone asking for change. I cannot stop and judge, I just give if and when I can. And it keeps coming back around, I have been a finder of cellphones recently, and the first thing I do is to call the most frequently listed numbers and leave a message asking them to contact the owner of the phone and call me to arrange return….AFTER!! arrangements rae made and/or the phone is returned I mention that I am homeless, and in every case people are amazed that I returned the phone, instead of selling it. I tell them I reap more good karma from doing the right thing than if I had profited from it…and in every case someone has handed me cash or bought me a meal and some food or clothing. One man was in New Jersey before we made contact, and he wanted to send me money to ship the phone, I told him to call FedEX and prepay the shipping..it’s easier…He wsa so quiet I though we had lost the connection…LOL..He sent a $50.00 postal money order to me daughter’s house. I write a blog at http://www.homelesscide.blogspot.com journaling my experiences and my thoughts and feelings, some one who reads my blog sent me this sites address. I hope to be able to share and to inspire some of the folks I know to come here and join and participate….the concept works….......Dave
