you broke the ocean in
half to be here
only to meet nothing that wants you.- immigrant, nayyirah waheed
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I’ve thought a long time about what would be useful to the homeless. We need public toilets. Not filthy portapotties, but proper restrooms that are private and clean. We need safe places to sleep. Capsule hotels, which are found in Tokyo and some other places in the world, would be most excellent. The rooms should be very cheap, and I mean five bucks is too much. They should be subsidized, and there should be twice as many as there is a demand for them. They should be extremely secure, and you should be allowed to stay for as long as you want. We need showers. Safe, secure, single occupancy showers. Those are answers that would help people.
If cities want us off the streets, they should offer these alternatives. They would be cheap and easy.
Teen runaways who declare that they are without guardianship should not be treated as criminals, and should not be compelled to live a criminal life. They should be issued cards which confer the right to work upon them. Forget child labor laws. They have a perverse outcome, effectively forcing children to become prostitutes, drug dealers, and thieves. Emancipation should be an on-demand right for all children.
Get rid of laws which forbid sleep. Who are you kidding? Those laws contribute to the meth problem in this country. Those laws destroy lives.
You want to solve problems? Homeless people have problems, they are not the problem. Don’t treat them as something that needs a cure.
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And never say of anything, “Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,” except [when adding], “If Allah wills.” (18:23)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/7fcebf8df720a322a187a17743cce60c/tumblr_mlm54dqwj21qapk2qo1_500.jpg)
And never say of anything, “Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,” except [when adding], “If Allah wills.” (18:23)
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Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.
—Charles Dickens (via beoneforone)
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What happens when a beloved person hurts you again and again and again? Eventually your attachment to them will weaken—or break. Over time, you may even turn away from them completely. Allah wants us to break our attachment to the dunya. Allah wants us to turn away from it. So in His infinite mercy, He allows the dunya to hurt us again and again and again, that we may stop loving it. That we may turn away from it and turn to Him instead.
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