"a homeless with a home"

He was brought to the hospital emergency department as a man found unconscious.  He was screaming about his eviction from his home but I was told by the ambulance transport team member that he was homeless and was found unconscious at a bus stop booth. He was intoxicated with spirit, losing mind and body, and incontinent with an odor mix of booze and urine.

He appeared unkempt,  he told me that he drank too much and passed out. I  asked him questions about his health and ordered tests. While I was doing his history and physical examination, he kept asking me about his belongings and the property where he was residing. There were many reasons for him to be homeless those were sadly preventable but none to blame.

To some, the observation of whether he was truly homeless is rightful as he claimed the bus stop booth was his address. They may argue the rights of convenience for one that infringes others rights and is inconvenient to many as in his case he was literally living at a public bus stop booth. Others ponder about the burden of caring for an individual from the ill effects of elements, which is a task that requires creative kindness at many levels.

Some find it as an opportune leap of faith as we were foretold about the situation as noted:

"And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Mathew 8:20)

"the cadillac spirituality"

 What rich people do with so much money. They were talking about the world's wealthiest three. Why they do not donate to lots of charity. Why they need so much money, what they will do witt it. Then one of the nurses said if I have that much money I would be doing a lot of charity, not like these people. 

I was there to look at the bedsores and stage III wounds during my wound care visit. I stayed quiet during those commentaries as my patient was getting wound care with the wound nurse. 

Then the patient spoke whom we all admired for his wit and humor. He said, it is not your money why do you care what they do with it. Then he smiled and said, in reality, these wealthy people do a lot for charity, just google it. Wealth brings different kinds of spirituality, the power of abundance: the Cadillac spirituality. 

As we smiled so was he while looking at us as he got our attention. Our expectations from money are to pay bills and buy unfulfilled dreams: house, car, vacation, helping family, children education and giving for charity, etc.  But the power of abundance brings another level: feeling beyond materials, freeing oneself from the ordinary. This is the life most wealthy people strive for but since it not on display we lose ourselves by judging them with our own lives and what is in our valet.

Then he reminded us that was already said:

"Every day is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we've got 24 hours each" (Christopher Rice)

“For the LOVE of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs” (1 Timothy 6:10)