About a week ago, one of my customers asked me, “Phillip, I can’t give you any money, but I can buy you food.” So I said, “You can’t give me any money, but I can buy you lunch.” There’s a big difference between being homeless and being poor. When people see homeless people doing the wrong thing with the money others give them, they think all homeless do it. Don’t ever judge a book by its cover.
So when I told my customer I can buy lunch, she was in shock. I told her I was homeless, not poor. I can always buy a meal for my customers, the way they want to buy for me. All homeless people are different. Being homeless is one thing, and being poor is another.
