The Poor

 When we think of “helping the poor,” why is it always about giving money for food, shelter, and clothing issues?  There is much other poverty right under our noses, gated community or not.  What about the divorced, separated, widowed and widower?  What about someone who has lost a child, or a sibling, or a career, or health?  All these are examples of loss, of poverty of some sort.  Why not call such people up and ask how they are doing?  And listen.  Alcoholics in recovery are doing this all the time because they know about loss.  They call one another.