http://chosenfast.com/2008/08/20/body-of-homeless-man-found-in-greensboro/ news and info about homelessness and related issues in Greensboro, NC Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://chosenfast.com/2008/08/20/body-of-homeless-man-found-in-greensboro/comment-page-1/#comment-80177 No more tears : Chosen Fast Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:39:02 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/?p=1323#comment-80177 [...] The story of a man dying homeless and alone is tragic and sad.  It’s the kind of thing that might make you want to cry.  But after I’d been serving homeless people for a while, I learned that I couldn’t cry about every thing, because I’d never stop.  I’d just cry all the time, every day.  Because there’s something tragic and sad every day, usually more than one thing.  So I’ve learned to save it up, and when that last thing comes that just bursts the dam, then I cry about all of it at once, and I weep and I mourn, and I get it out, and then I don’t cry again for a long, long time. [...] [...] The story of a man dying homeless and alone is tragic and sad.  It’s the kind of thing that might make you want to cry.  But after I’d been serving homeless people for a while, I learned that I couldn’t cry about every thing, because I’d never stop.  I’d just cry all the time, every day.  Because there’s something tragic and sad every day, usually more than one thing.  So I’ve learned to save it up, and when that last thing comes that just bursts the dam, then I cry about all of it at once, and I weep and I mourn, and I get it out, and then I don’t cry again for a long, long time. [...]

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