Homeless in Dallas Texas

Michael,

Thank you for this thread. I enjoyed reading it, what an adventure you have had.

I believe the positive response to your plight came from your opening your heart and soul and taking responsibility for your plight. Your honesty and need touched hearts as we all are only a few steps from the same plight.

An accident, poor health, the economy,...we all are vulnerable to something and a helping hand blesses the giver as well.

Hope you are feeling better and are able to make all your dreams come true.

Try to make good on your old debts to family, guilt is a weight we are better off without.

Best of luck to you!


Just read your blog, a good first step. I believe you should keep it up as a form of self reflection and knowledge and therapy. We tend to see what we believe, and often we believe things that just are not true.

Relationships can be repaired, when you know where you went wrong, when you make amends and ask forgiveness.

I'm truly sorry you lost your job. I believe it is an opportunity to start a better more mindful life, thank God it didn't happen when your were much older.

One of the biggest employers here now tests for cigarette smoking and you can lose your benefits and your job for smoking cigarettes, being overweight, or not exercising! The world is changing fast, being self employed is the best bet for long term freedom and job security as we all age.

Stay mindful, hopeful and joyous, and blessings will come to you and those you interact with.

OP, just out of curiosity, what are you doing for a living now? (I've followed the thread from the start but don't see what kind of work you're doing).

Offically, I'n not, and have no real source of income as of yet. I have a long time friend who had 210 acres of very rural woodland property upstate, and he is allowing me to stay here as long as i need or wish to. In exchange for room and board, I'm helping him with some construction projects on the property.

For the last fifteen years prior to this I worked in customer service.

What I hope to do soon is be able to work in a field I actually went to school for and love, which is photography. So my hope is that if all goes according to plan, by this time next month I will have all my ID, have the money coming to me from the company i used to work for, will have purchased a used vehcile, and have my friend get my cameras out of hock.

Even with my limted ability now I've been trying to network in this rural mecca of moose, coyotes and chipmonks, and have three potential jobs lined up for august..That's if everything goes according to plan. Thanks for reading!

Sounds like a great plan, OP. I'm glad you didn't end up with the "fuzzy end of the lollipop" as Marilyn Monroe famously said.

I did volunteer work last weekend handing out food to homeless people in our city - we handed out 300 meals. It's tough out there.

Good that you live in a city where they don't cite you for doing that!

I'm hoping my plan works out, just muddling through beurocratic bs right now. If I can get past this hurdle, I think everything else will fall into place.

I'm a genealogist and can get birth records pretty quickly and cheaply if you need yours.

Good suggestions but they don't totally resolve the catch-22 I'm caught up in. First, I don't have the cash right now. Second, when i DO GET my distribution check, I'm going to need a valid new york state license to open a checking account here so i can deposit it. And I can't get that license without FIRST having my birth certificate.

It's like you can't get this because you don't have that and that.And you can't get that because you don't have this and that.

you'll pay, but you should be able to get your cheque cashed for a fee

What is your email address if people want to make contributions?

I don't have paypal. I'm not looking for financial contributions. If you wish to communicate with me off forum, though it's [email protected]

I think we can email you paypal contributions. You should set up an acocunt with them, it is free and easy and more people will be able to help you. God bless you.

I think we can email you paypal contributions. You should set up an acocunt with them, it is free and easy and more people will be able to help you. God bless you.

What is your email address if people want to make contributions?

u cant goto a shelter in texas unless you pass a drug test

look into it
enjoy