We're closer to the unhoused folks on the street than to Jeff Bezos.

And it's to our own detriment that we can't see that.

How often have you passed an unhoused person¹ on the street with their hand stretched out for change - and walked right past?

Perhaps thoughts like “they’ll probably spend it on drugs or alcohol” and “why should I give my hard-earned money to someone who is obviously lazy and not interested in working?” crossed your mind as you hurried past, or maybe you didn’t even see them - oftentimes when we see something so often, we become “immune” to it and fail even to see them.

Whether you saw them or not, whether you dropped some change in their paper cups or not, whether you shuddered and tsked under your breath about how “unsightly” or “dangerous” it is to have unhoused persons on your street - the truth is you probably aren’t too far away from being in their position.

Yet, somehow, none (at least not very many) of us think that we could one day be unhoused.

We do think that we could make a billion dollars.

Or become filthy rich and own a slew of properties across the world.

Or be sipping cocktai…