HomelessOKC: My DAY @ OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY,NORMAN

SO WHAT DOES MY TRIP TO OU HAVE TO DO W/HOMELESSNESS?WELL.LET ME
TELL YOU.IN1997-1998,WHILE A LINGUISTICS MAJOR @OU i UNFORTUNATELY LOST MY STUDENT HOUSING APARTMENT AND THOUGH I WENT TO STUDENT SERVICES FOR ASSISTANCE,I WAS TOLD AT THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN,D.BOREN,THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP ME.I SAW BOREN BEHIND ME THROUGH THE REFLECTION ON THE glass OF THE PAINTING(poster?) IN FRONT OF ME.(HE WAS NOT AWARE).HE WAS GESTURING TO HIS STUDENT ASSISTANT THAT I WAS NOT TO BE HELPED(HAND GESTURE OF HAND TO NECK SLICE).WELL THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A RUDE AWAKENING TO A SEGMENT OF SOCIETY I HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED(EXCEPT FROM A DISTANCE)AND THAT I then HAD PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF this segment, AND WHY THEY WERE LIKE THEY WERE.NONETHELESS, I SPENT NOV/97-FEB/98 SLEEPING IN THE LIBRARY OR THE STUDENT CENTERS,TAKING A SHOWER AT THE HUFFMAN CENTER,EATING @ COUCH CAFETERIA,BIDING MY TIME AT NIGHT AT THE COMPUTER CENTERS WAITING FOR CLASS TO START.DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES(LEGAL PROBLEMS) i WAS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UPTHE SCHEDULE AND JUST QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPRING SEMESTER .IT WAS REALLY HARD.MY DEPRESSION,DUE TO THE WIFE AND ME SEPARATING,BECAME UNBEARABLE,AND I LEFT TO SEE WHAT I SEE NOW.IT HAS NOT BEEN FOR NAUGHT,AS I CAME TO "SELF-REALIZATION" AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE GIFT I WAS BURDENED WITH,THE GIFT OF A HEALER,THE FINGER (INSTRUMENT)OF FATE,THE RENDERER OF JUSTICE,A TEACHER ,A GUIDE TO SELF PEACE. A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY,BUT LIKE I SAID A GREAT BURDEN,AS IT IS VERY CONSUMING AND AS A RESULT VERY EXHAUSTING AT TIMES.I WENT BACK TO SEE AND REMEMBER, AFTER ALMOST 10 YEARS ,AND TO EXTINGUISH THE TRAUMA THAT WAS INFLICTED
ON MY PSYCHE THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, FOR LIKE I SAID EARLIER,HOMELESSNESS IS A MULTIPLE VARIABLE THAT STIGMATIZES ALL LEVELS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION AND MUST BE DEALT W/ ACCORDINGLY.HOMELESSNESS IS A CONDITION AND INDICATOR OF OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL SOCIETY.(OH,BY THE WAY,IF WONDERING,I WAS NOT TROUBLED BY DRINK PROBLEMS OR DRUGS AT THE TIME OF THIS CRISIS,BUT LATER WHEN THE PAIN OF SEPARATION BECAME TO INTENSE I STARTED SELF MEDICATING IN THE FORM OF BEER.YES, I STARTED DRINKING ALOT,AND THAT LASTED FOR A LITTLE WHILE(TOO LONG).BUT IN MY CASE,DRINKING DID NOT LEAD TO MY HOMELESS SITUATION,BUT IT SURE DID MAKE IT WORSE.I DON'T DRINK BY NATURE,AND DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL @ THIS TIME.