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<blockquote data-quote="curiousbrain" data-source="post: 819427" data-attributes="member: 31608"><p>Some years ago, I lived under very limited circumstances in Florida - almost homeless, but certainly did not have it as bad as others.</p><p></p><p>In any case, I was friends with a homeless man down there, John; how we met is unimportant, but he was a fixture on the strip down there - he not only knew all the other homeless folks in the area, but was also friendly with a lot of the local business owners. Everyone liked the guy - he was one of those people who was just good company, regardless of your disposition.</p><p></p><p>He also had terminal cancer, but never told me about it; once a year, I would head back up to New England for the winter months, and come back down when spring arrived. I went through this cycle three or four times, and generally regarded John as a very close friend and an older man with exceptional wisdom whom I greatly admired and really valued his advice. The last time I went down there, I walked the strip and went through the usual cycle of looking for him, all the while meeting and greeting many of the homeless folks and friends down there. The first evening, I ran into this guy Moke, and he told me that John was dead.</p><p></p><p>Apart from the initial and obvious shock of his passing, Moke proceeded to tell me that John had money and didn't have to live the way he did, but when he had found out about his cancer he had decided to "get the land back beneath his feet", quit his engineering job, and lived homeless in the area. He wound up living for years, whereas the initial estimates were months, maybe a year - I'm not positive his life changes extended his life, although I'm not positive they didn't, either.</p><p></p><p>Suffice to say, it was an extremely profound event at that point in my life (perhaps it still is, hard to say).</p><p></p><p>Your post just reminded me of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curiousbrain, post: 819427, member: 31608"] Some years ago, I lived under very limited circumstances in Florida - almost homeless, but certainly did not have it as bad as others. In any case, I was friends with a homeless man down there, John; how we met is unimportant, but he was a fixture on the strip down there - he not only knew all the other homeless folks in the area, but was also friendly with a lot of the local business owners. Everyone liked the guy - he was one of those people who was just good company, regardless of your disposition. He also had terminal cancer, but never told me about it; once a year, I would head back up to New England for the winter months, and come back down when spring arrived. I went through this cycle three or four times, and generally regarded John as a very close friend and an older man with exceptional wisdom whom I greatly admired and really valued his advice. The last time I went down there, I walked the strip and went through the usual cycle of looking for him, all the while meeting and greeting many of the homeless folks and friends down there. The first evening, I ran into this guy Moke, and he told me that John was dead. Apart from the initial and obvious shock of his passing, Moke proceeded to tell me that John had money and didn't have to live the way he did, but when he had found out about his cancer he had decided to "get the land back beneath his feet", quit his engineering job, and lived homeless in the area. He wound up living for years, whereas the initial estimates were months, maybe a year - I'm not positive his life changes extended his life, although I'm not positive they didn't, either. Suffice to say, it was an extremely profound event at that point in my life (perhaps it still is, hard to say). Your post just reminded me of this. [/QUOTE]
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