After volunteering at a homeless shelter, my friends and I were leaving when we met a man outside, waiting for a meal. We said hello and began to talk. A homeless man himself, he carried a schematic plan with him at all times that he hoped would eradicate poverty worldwide. He explained the plan in a way that was incoherent and confusing, pointing out numbers and pictures on his paper to help illustrate each point he made. To me and my friends, the plan seemed unattainable and ridiculous. We didn’t even know what the plan WAS, we just knew that this man was passionate and convinced that it would work.
After talking to the man, I felt a sense of happiness. He couldn’t afford his own dinner, yet he spent hos own time and effort on a plan to help others in his situation. If everyone were as empathetic and caring as he was, poverty really could be eradicated.