As it should be...

Condoman

https://turnto10.com/news/local/plainfield-community-rallies-to-help-76-year-old-man-get-heat-back-on

DanHolohan

Amen!

ethicalpaul

As it should be? I'd prefer it if 76 year old people didn't have to beg from their neighbors for heat, toilet paper and food.

Intplm.

A very nice story. Thank you for sharing.

It is such a shame that the elderly and others should struggle this way.
It's so nice that all of those people came to his aid.

DanHolohan

I don't think he was begging. I think good people saw a need and rose up together to help, expecting nothing in return, and I like that a lot.

ethicalpaul

It's definitely a good story from the idea that people helped a person. But I see it as a heartbreaking failure that this man didn't have heat, or food, or toilet paper.

HVACNUT

ethicalpaul said:

As it should be? I'd prefer it if 76 year old people didn't have to beg from their neighbors for heat, toilet paper and food.

I get your point. Nobody should be in that situation. But the way I read it, he didn't beg for anything. All he did was accept gifts from the heart.

Jamie Hall

This man was surely not begging -- no one would have known, had he not wanted to rent an apartment. There are a lot of folks out there like that -- far more than most people realise. One of my most difficult ministries is to reach these people and provide assistance -- without in any way limiting their freedom, which they value perhaps more than anything else.

I'm attaching a brief homily I wrote actually just recently. Has nothing to do with heat, but... perhaps some of you might be interested in what I write besides these notes on HeatingHelp!

EBEBRATT-Ed

Good job by all who helped. Plainfield is kinda in the sticks. @Jamie Hall how true

Condoman

I was a little unhappy that he called several businesses that never bothered to call back.

DanHolohan

@Jamie Hall, you have a beautiful mind. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm nodding and nodding.