NoNewTaleToTell: I'm not usually one to talk too much about my persona life, but today I'm just...relieved. After a full year of living on the verge of having absolutely nothing but concrete to sleep on, selling some of my stuff because I was desperately in need of money, barely able to pay my bills, eating the cheapest stuff I could afford because it was ALL I could afford, I've finally come through the other side of the tunnel. I'm not jumping around and bouncing off the walls, but I'm relieved and I can feel the stress starting to melt away slowly but surely. My trek through absolute and complete poverty is over, I survived and all I can do is smile, and if I ever have to face it again, I can at least say I know how to handle it.
not an easy thing to go through - im there myself in many ways (and really always have been). I personally think that everybody should have to face the world in such a way at some point. not out of mean spiritedness, but because without knowing that first hand... people tend to be a bit shit. i always think of it as a "gap year" replacement - and far more manditory for those brought up with money, than those without.
rememeber being lost in london one day - only person that bothered to help me was homeless. didnt want anything in return. didnt even want thanks. just wanted to see someone have a better one. turned out they occasionally slept in the door of the pub my sister worked at - so they ended up being rewarded anyways with some free food and the odd beer - but it wasnt on their agenda. try getting a suit to even give you the time of day... difficult business that!
