I know it’s easy to turn your nose up at the homeless people that populate down town Hali or be annoyed with them and judge them for what they are doing and how they got to that point in their life because I hear people do it frequently. Some of them are a lost cause. Some of them might be very bad people, but some of them simply had a turn of bad luck and struggle every day to turn it back around. Unless you have been there first hand you have no idea how hard it is to rise up from where they are so I have a Thanksgiving weekend challenge for those of you who routinely walk past these people. Next time instead of crossing the street or pretending to be preoccupied by your phone or the pretty shoes in the store window, look that person with their hand/cup/hat out in the eyes, smile at them and tell them that you hope they find what they need (or something along those lines). If they smile back and say thank you even though you did absolutely nothing to help them, you know they have a good soul so if you can afford to, walk into a coffee shop and buy a sandwich or a gift card or a hot cup of something that smells good and take it back to that lonely desperate human being who will actually appreciate it. You won’t be contributing to whatever addiction you think might have put them where they are and you will give them a little hope and the love they need and rarely see. It’s crazy, but a smile can change a life. The smile you get back might even change yours. —Smiles Often