Sobering reality

[muddy]

We had to go to Bristol this week .
We got lost ( owing to me putting a letter wrong in the satnav .)
So in a fairly run down part of town we pulled into a bus stop to ask where we were .
The first people I asked were visitors - typical !
The second man looked in a bad way he had a serious medical condition as was evident but he tried his best .
The next man gave similar directions .
He too looked rough he only had two teeth
Both looked desperately poor .
Lack of teeth is a sure sign of poverty and no doubt of something else .
They weren't young .
Lack of care , maybe some previous abuse or neglect .
I live in a village where more or less everyone is ok .
You don't see people like this .
It's a sobering reality that it's not all roses and affluent gentility for some people .
These two men , I don't know ,were they even really waiting for a bus ?
Or just sitting in the sun enjoying its warmth and passing the time
I think of them we are not all fortunate in life
( I know I'm a miserable beggar but these things affect me )

[Alex]

Perhaps your thoughts were kindly because you don't see this type of person at home  ?   If you lived with them every day believe me, generous thoughts soon disappear.