The Human Experience Page #2

I look at those moments.

Everyone lives differently.

When you go somewhere

out of your own comfort zone,

Out of your own realm,

And you enter someone else's,

That's learning.

It's going to be a cold one,

so dress warm.

This is the kind of weather

That makes you want to stay home.

There we were.

We were taking part

of that lifestyle.

Your whole perspective changes.

I mean, you're there.

You're amongst the people.

We're sleeping with maybe seven

others guys in cardboard boxes.

And you're taking part of that

feeling of being homeless.

You know,

it was a wild trip.

# sweetly sleeping

in an empty street #

# as if the city

was meant for me #

God has a purpose

for us all.

If he didn't have

a purpose for me,

I would've been gone

a long time ago.

I really believe that.

I've been in situations

where I should've been shot,

Ran over, overdosed.

I should've had aids,

but I never caught it.

I was exposed to it

I don't know how many times,

Sexually.

But god,

for some reason,

Has got some kind of purpose.

He's got something for me to do.

I believe that.

Every person

should experience this,

Because people take everything

for granted in life.

And I think every person

should experience this

For a few weeks,

'cause people don't appreciate

what they have.

We living in the greatest city

in the world.

It should not be no reason

why so many people

Are homeless

on the streets.

You know, people walk around,

and I look around,

And I see people

in wheelchairs,

And they're sick.

And there's a lot of people

more worse off than I am

Than just homelessness.

I mean, you have

an opportunity right now

To tell a lot of people

What you may have been wanting

to say to them for a long time

Or just the public in general,

society.

What do you have

to say to them?

You know,

you can't say everyone is bad.

We all have something

happen to us.

And if you don't have

a good family or friends

To support you,

then you're in a lot of sh*t.

'cause it's family and friends.

And, you know,

this is life.

When this

first happened to me,

There were four dogs on the street, A dog.

And everyone was

on their cell phone, going,

"I'll take this dog,"

and, "we'll take this dog."

And they all helped the dogs.

They all helped the dogs.

They took the dogs home

So they wouldn't

freeze to death.

And they let me stand there.

- How'd that make you feel?

- You're my brother.

I'm jewish.

I had a rabbi

Who said,

"that's your brother,

"and that's your sister.

"and if you see your brother

or your sister in trouble,

You help them."

If you treasure your own life,

You should treasure

others' lives.

And you should live

with the sensitivity

That you know you have

And, therefore,

that others have.

Find those things that are

universal to us all as humans.

Find those belief systems,

And then

let's experience it.

I think we can find at least

small examples, right,

Where ordinary

human beings can talk

About deeply transformative

experiences.

Well, we just got kicked out

from where we were sleeping.

It's 5:
30

in the morning right now.

It is really,

really cold.

This is just life

on the streets, pretty much.

You know?

We had to move,

so we moved.

And now

we have to get warm,

So I guess we're gonna walk

around and try to stay warm.

How you doing, sir?

I'm homeless right now.

If you could help out

by, you know,

Maybe a doughnut or something,

And I was wondering if you

could help me with some food,

Something hot to drink

or a hot chocolate,

You know, something to eat,

something small,

Even a little piece of bread.

It doesn't have

to be big, just anything.

We just walked up

to a concession stand.

The guy wasn't so willing

to give us any food at first,

But after talking to him,

you know, he just was kind

And gave us

a few bananas.

You want a banana?

I like it when

they're a little bruised too.

My hand is freezing.

You know why the people

from the outside see us as bad?

Because they're

not living it, man.

They're not experiencing

this sh*t.

They go to starbucks

and buy a coffee for $5.

You know what I mean?

Buy them a doughnut for $3.50.

I can't afford that.

It's honesty.

You know what I mean?

People see

that I'm real, you know?

I mean,

I don't want your money.

Hey, I need something to eat.

# it's the message in the song

that makes you rock on #

# some people go to places

where they don't belong #

# whether wrong or right

So I'm homeless,

and I'm happy.

And a lot of people talk to me.

You know what I'm saying?

I got girls talking to me.

I got old ladies talking to me.

I got all kinds of people talking to me.

You know what I mean?

Because the happiness

is your strength.

You got to come up with something;

you know what I mean?

You got to make it unique,

Because you can easily fall apart,

Mentally, physically,

spiritually.

A lot of times,

people don't believe

That they can

get out the street.

But I believe

that I will be able to get out.

Why is life worth living?

One thing I realized very early

in my medical training

Is that no matter

how bad off a person is...

Handicapped people

with really bad deformities,

Even people in pain...

For everybody, their life

was a treasure to them.

And they wanted us to take care

of them with a tenderness

And a concern

for their good.

Life is worth living

because it just is.

People know that.

People know their own life

is worth living.

Some people get depressed

And they lose the sense

of their life being significant.

But usually, that's because

the part of them

That sustains hope

is broken for the moment.

And if you could

just get them through it,

Most of them would then reaffirm

that their life is worth living.

I talked to a guy who jumped off

the golden gate bridge.

He said, halfway down,

He realized he wished

he hadn't jumped.

He was all broken up,

but he lived through it.

But it's not the nature of life

to be despairing.

The nature of life

is to be hopeful.

Strange, isn't it?

Each man's life touches

so many other lives.

When he isn't around,

he leaves an awful hole,

Doesn't he?

Are you sure

this is bailey park?

No, I'm not sure

of anything anymore.

All I know is,

this should be bailey park.

But where are the houses?

You weren't here

to build them.

Your brother, harry bailey,

broke through the ice

And was drowned

at the age of nine.

That's a lie.

Harry bailey went to war.

He got the congressional medal

of honor.

He saved the lives of every man

on that transport.

Every man

on that transport died.

Harry wasn't there to save them

Because you weren't there

to save harry.

You see, george, you really had

a wonderful life.

Here's your one tray, please.

Thank you.

Life is other people.

It's just that simple.

And if you view each

of the other that you meet

As being a component

of yourself,

It can change the way

you see things.

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