The construction of small houses for the homeless defines a before and after in their lives . I have been homeless for almost 2 years and if I had to describe it in one word , it would be " impotence ." It is that horrible part of my life that taught me that nobody cares about other people . Those who say that not all are like that , I will tell you that I was not lucky enough to meet any of them .
These cold and rainy seasons make me relive in flesh and blood when I slept outside a McDonald ' s with a simple phrase ' the rats walked inside my whole body .' But what hurt me the most was seeing other people just like me . Among them , adults with mental problems , the elderly in wheelchairs and a young man like me wondering , why am I here ?
Shelters are not even a temporary solution . They allow you to sleep in them only at night . During the day you have to be outside and many of them are only open during the winter season . In addition to having limited capacity , they are not safe at all , 10 people sleep in a room , and since there are 60 people in there overall , there is not enough security . I have experienced it , it is for this reason that the shelter was ruled out .
The psychology of not having a little space of yours slowly kills those dreams that you have . It was on the 3rd day of being homeless , I woke up with an illusion that everything is possible , my mentality was to study . I went to Georgetown University , Montgomery College , University of Maryland among other institutions and they all told me the same phrase , " first establish yourself with a room , then you can do the rest . I ask you , how do you explain that you have nowhere to live , much less enough energy to not burst into tears at that moment ? I did , I cried so much that to this day I do it while writing this essay . I was accepted by FAFSA , now imagine going to study for classes and returning to the park where your habitat is , because only animals like me live in that environment , is it possible to study and live in a tent ?
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