People Asking For Money

[BlueStar]

Mostly while walking on the street I don't have time to help these people. Money? I don't even have a job, and if I wasn't pretending to be nice with dad I'd be begging for money. I never gave money to anyone and I won't.

In other words, IMO offering what panhandlers really need is much more affectionate than just throwing pennies.

By the way, you all reminded me of my music teacher of last year, he'd pretend to be wise and give us some experience in the world more than even giving us lessons of music. His most famous words were "help the poor", and my friend would answer him "I'd give a poor man some money so that he can pray for me" (:eek::eek::eek. Yes, panhandlers here don't ask directly for money, instead they pray like "may God lighten your youth" or "may God protect your kids" or "may God give you a long life"...

I wonder why the hell churches and mosques, which are supposed to be shelters for such people, do nothing to appease their misfortune, drug users or not. I give absolutely nothing to any kind of religious community, because I know that a Christian one won't help a Muslim, nor vise-versa.

Anyway, I agree the best bet to be useful is supporting only trustful organizations. And for those who ask "what if I was them (the poor) someday?", well keep yourself from being them (the poor), and you'll be fine.

Everyone on earth has got their own mission in his/her own way, and IMO panhandlers are a fallout to the misdeed they chose to live in (not all of them of course).