07/21/2010:
"heartbreaking"

His sign reads "PLEASE HELP!! STRANDED...VERY BROKE AND LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE, GOD BLESS!!"



So I'm going through the portfolio of photographer Naruki, and I immediately became stunned and stuck on the above photographs of who is clearly a homeless youth. Not only is the sign very touching, but the look in his eyes in the second photo speaks volumes and is simply heartbreaking.

I see this and it only makes me think of people out there who are far better off than this guy, yet act like a homeless person with no hopes. Some of us have shelter, food, family members and love partners that support us and yet that is not good enough to get it together and strive towards a good future. Heck, in addition to all of that, some of us have talent, youth and time...and all we can seem to do is focus on the negative shit that will NEVER go away, unfortunately. we're wasting our time focusing on the bad while we could be taking into account and thanking the universe every day for those beautiful things we do have in our grasp...unlike the guy above in the pictures. negative things always manifest themselves in our lives in different ways, we just have to learn to strengthen ourselves so we can move past them. one way is to just look around us for one second and see all the great tools we have at hand.

some people need to wake the fuck up.