De veras que te hace pensar y no ser malagradecido con lo que se tiene. Cuánta gente en el mundo no desea tener un techo y una cama donde dormir con tranquilidad. Muy impactante la foto y la historia. Excelente trabajo de tu parte y te felicito por haber ayudado a tanta gente.

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Wow. Good work on both counts.

Great contrast and DOF, the story behind it is really touching, as well.

I've also seen parts of the world that where povery is unfortunately an everyday thing. Having been born to a family that isn't exactly rich, but far from poor, I had many wrong interpretations about the poor when I was young. Then I went to Mexico for the first time. Mexico City alone was downgraded from what I was used to, but when I went in the outskirts and farther than that, I saw what life was like out there. I saw that they were far from just being the "dirty people" I had imagined them to be. They were hard-working people who bust their asses more than anyone else just to make it by, and sometimes they can't. It's one thing to be on the street in your mid-fifties because you blew your life on drugs and made your family hate you, but it's something else entirely to work your whole life just to try to make something of it and feed your kids, and you just can't thanks to society, corruption, and so many other things. It doesen't help for fucking tourists to barge into a country just to see where they'll never be. When I was older and I went into the slums again, I gave out as much money as I could to people on the street. Some had enough dignity to not accept it. I hate to give out handouts, but it wasn't out of pity, it was out of respect. I know those that accepted wouldn't waste it. If only everyone knew the true value of money nowdays...

You're doing a good work down there.

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powerful shot indeed !!! poverty is a sad thing ...where in Mexico did you visit ??

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Thanks for the comment.!

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Man, you must be my soul mate! I feel the exact same way you do! When I was younger I also thought I had an idea of being 'poor' my family isn't the wealthiest family alive, but we are very incredibly far away from being poor. It's my trips to Mexico that have really given me an idea of what poverty is... but you know, some of these people that are poor they bust their asses just as you said.. But sometimes it's just too hard. Yeah, it is two different things to be on the street having had drug and addiction problems, than being on the street because of the corruption of the city that doesn't allow you to have a job good enough to be able to feed your family daily!

United States government sometimes really angers me... Due to the fact that they complain and complain that immigrants do us no good. I'm not saying that they are the best thing to our society... But there are thousands of people in the United States that are here and do absolutely nothing, they do not help our economy one bit, aside from buying their 'potatoes chips and their cable television' ... That's it ! These immigrants from Mexico come to work their asses off daily at a job that isn’t' very fun and enjoyable... Sometimes I understand the logic behind not having immigrants here, but at the same time... We need them... What would we be with no cooks in the kitchens, no maintenance people in the bathrooms, etc.....? These are jobs most Americans do not want to do (hence the fact most Mexicans are in those jobs) Why do we want to kick these people out if they are working hard only to send some little cash to their poor families back home in Mexico.

I could ramble on for ages about this subject, I feel very strongly about it. But I know some people will disagree and it'll cause problems.... But thank you kindly for your comment, and having understood! I appreciate it much so!

thank you for your constant support!
Happy New Year, I wish you the best! Keep this very smart mentality you have! You’ll go far... I’m certain!

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