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MattwithouttheT 🎩
@mathew
Story time. Last night, I was coming out of the gym and got into my car in the poorly lit gym parking garage. I heard a voice, and thought I had accidentally dialed someone on my phone. As I was fumbling to pull my phone out of my pocket, I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. A (presumably) homeless woman, half-way conscious (whole-way high on fentanyl) was laying on the floor of my backseat. It scared the shit of me, and I jumped out of the car, yelled at her to "get the f*ck out of my car". She did, as she slurred apologies, though it took her a couple minutes because she was high AF and wedged between the seats (LOL). As startled and angry as I was in the moment, there was also a part of me that felt compassion and sympathy for this person. I feel like I've been grappling with this mix of emotions since. Only in Portland...
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0xJudd.eth 🎩↑
@0xjudd.eth
@mathew, thanks for having some compassion for this person and not calling the police. It will only complicate their life more than it already is. Your emotions are completely valid, you feel like your personal space was invaded, while also feeling compassion for your fellow human, regardless of what they are experiencing in their own life. Everyone has a different journey, some are beautiful, some are not. Either way, the person on that journey is still a human and deserves love and compassion. They are worth it. 2000 $degen
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MattwithouttheT 🎩
@mathew
@0xjudd.eth, that means a lot. I recently read a memoir called Corrections In Ink that was written by my partner's cousin, Keri. She was an aspiring ice skating Olympian, Ivy League student, etc. that got into hard drugs and then after becoming clean, wrote about her experience on the streets and in the injustices she and others experienced while incarcerated. I feel like that was still fresh on my mind, so once the initial shock wore off, all these other feelings came flooding over me. It was a weird experience; still can't stop thinking about it.
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