This documentary is a very significant one where Jeff and his friends take up the challenge to really have an experience of what it feels like to be homeless. It was a really daring act on their part to do what they did so as to come one step closer to humanity.
The first challenge that they took up was to live homeless in New York City. The points that can be highlighted here are that God has a purpose for all; all people have their own techniques for living and surviving and so on. Life is better when it is lived for the other. Viktor Frankl says that the last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s own attitude. When we begin with the right attitude and mindset, everything falls in place. Martin Luther King Junior suggests that we move from a thing oriented society to a person oriented society. Through their first experience I learnt that after going through difficult situations one becomes more open to others.
They had their second experience with lost children of Peru. It is truly amazing to see the happiness of these children who are specially abled. The volunteers who were with those children said that they learnt more about life themselves than they could teach the children about anything. The fundamental aspect is that all have something unique to contribute no matter how minute or small.
The third experience that they had was among the lepers of Ghana. It is said that suffering is a journey deeper into life. The lepers had a very optimistic approach to life though their bodies weren’t in the best of condition and shape. One of the leper said that if God woke him up one morning, it was because He had something for him. The lepers looked at suffering as a cosmic spiritual comfort. The best thing I liked was that they missed something on the outside but were full on the inside. It is true that we get what we see i.e. attitude and perception matters.
Jeff also narrates his own story as he goes through this human experience. He says that he misses his mother very much and that his mothers loss can be repaid by no-thing or no- person. The documentary ends on a very sentimental note where Jeff reunites with his father after 10 years. They have a heart- to –heart conversation with
each other.
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