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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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Among my problems for many years now, has been that of being homeless.
As a child, I felt it intuitively, even when I had shelter... And it's taken me the experience of being without a shelter now, that I've finally began to realize what a home is, and what homelessness means.
Per chance, is there anyone here who's ever been homeless, or is presently homeless?
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My home is Kenya..... In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,236 Location: Vacuum
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tycho wrote:Among my problems for many years now, has been that of being homeless.
As a child, I felt it intuitively, even when I had shelter... And it's taken me the experience of being without a shelter now, that I've finally began to realize what a home is, and what homelessness means.
Per chance, is there anyone here who's ever been homeless, or is presently homeless? Many men are homeless though they have a shelter, wife and kids If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,211 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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tycho wrote:Among my problems for many years now, has been that of being homeless.
As a child, I felt it intuitively, even when I had shelter... And it's taken me the experience of being without a shelter now, that I've finally began to realize what a home is, and what homelessness means.
Per chance, is there anyone here who's ever been homeless, or is presently homeless? Pole tycho. What happened? Homelessness can happen to anyone. One major misfortune and one is done in. Don't you have any relatives in Nairobi (I assume that's your location from what you've listed) that can host you? Pole tena.
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/6/2011 Posts: 391 Location: Nairobi
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MugundaMan wrote:tycho wrote:Among my problems for many years now, has been that of being homeless.
As a child, I felt it intuitively, even when I had shelter... And it's taken me the experience of being without a shelter now, that I've finally began to realize what a home is, and what homelessness means.
Per chance, is there anyone here who's ever been homeless, or is presently homeless? Pole tycho. What happened? Homelessness can happen to anyone. One major misfortune and one is done in. Don't you have any relatives in Nairobi (I assume that's your location from what you've listed) that can host you? Pole tena. You may need to go through more of Tycho's posts to grasp this. "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" - Stephen Wright
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 12/1/2008 Posts: 1,098
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Speculz wrote:MugundaMan wrote:tycho wrote:Among my problems for many years now, has been that of being homeless.
As a child, I felt it intuitively, even when I had shelter... And it's taken me the experience of being without a shelter now, that I've finally began to realize what a home is, and what homelessness means.
Per chance, is there anyone here who's ever been homeless, or is presently homeless? Pole tycho. What happened? Homelessness can happen to anyone. One major misfortune and one is done in. Don't you have any relatives in Nairobi (I assume that's your location from what you've listed) that can host you? Pole tena. You may need to go through more of Tycho's posts to grasp this. Not advisable
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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I think this link covers the matter well enough for a basic understanding of home. Quote:Better explanations of homelessness must therefore not only take account of the full range of meanings of homelessness, but also place homelessness in the broader contexts both of poverty and the housing system https://pdfs.semanticsch...5f2aeda982c07af053c3.pdf
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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MugundaMan wrote:tycho wrote:Among my problems for many years now, has been that of being homeless.
As a child, I felt it intuitively, even when I had shelter... And it's taken me the experience of being without a shelter now, that I've finally began to realize what a home is, and what homelessness means.
Per chance, is there anyone here who's ever been homeless, or is presently homeless? Pole tycho. What happened? Homelessness can happen to anyone. One major misfortune and one is done in. Don't you have any relatives in Nairobi (I assume that's your location from what you've listed) that can host you? Pole tena. @MugundaMan, I think my whole life has been an unsuccessful attempt at being at home, or even finding home. There hasn't been a break. Only a degradation or a shifting of position in the same level. If for example, I were to work with the seven dimensions of home, then the highest I've scored is 3. Quote:Home can be argued to have at least six or seven dimensions of meaning, identified by the ‘key signifiers’ of shelter, hearth, heart, privacy, roots, abode and (possibly) paradise. Each of these signifiers can be explicated in terms of its wider symbolic meaning (its ‘general connotation’), its evocation of a specific sense of security, and its characteristic mode of relating to oneself and to others. The selection of the signifiers is supported by Watson and Austerberry’s (1986) empirical findings - for example, ‘shelter’ corresponds to decent ‘material conditions’, ‘hearth’ corresponds to ‘emotional and physical well-being’, ‘heart’ to ‘loving and caring social relations’, ‘privacy’ to ‘control and privacy’, and ‘abode’ to ‘livinghleeping place’. Two signifiers have been added to these, however, namely ‘roots’ (which corresponds to a sense of individual identity) and ‘paradise’ (which connotes ‘ideal home’ as distinct from the home of everyday life). Taken together, all these signifiers comprise the meaning of home. During my childhood there was 1. Shelter 2.Privacy 3. Abode Then there was a time I lost all the seven attributes of home Later I got 1. Shelter 2. Privacy 3. Abode Now I have 1. Heart 2. Roots 3.Paradise Maybe my situation is a bit better now... But there it is.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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In my estimation, a home is the nexus of persons, objects, relations, and core ideas, that give identity, role and purpose to an individual; and is the source of nourishment and sustenance of the particular individual.
Home makes or creates humanity. To be homeless is to be dehumanized.
But is there a way we can attribute this dehumanization to a specific cause?
There's a radical politics seething beneath this issue of homelessness that I fear I may scald or burn if I open the lid 'mindlessly'.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/21/2008 Posts: 2,490
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,211 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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tycho wrote:
@MugundaMan, I think my whole life has been an unsuccessful attempt at being at home, or even finding home. There hasn't been a break. Only a degradation or a shifting of position in the same level.
If for example, I were to work with the seven dimensions of home, then the highest I've scored is 3.
Ahaa I get you now, brother. You seem to be in the predicament somewhat like a blind man in a dark room groping for non-existent cats to bell. Keep on with the quest. And more importantly, keep hope alive."Home" as you uniquely define it will surely be. Warm regards.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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I now realize that I'm homeless because I'm disappointed with love, or the promise of love.
And this disappointment has been concealed by a furious optimism, that accompanies my search. My journeying.
My inner unsettlement. An inner contradiction of humanity.
Home, is the heart. Where is the heart?
Oh what joy, that the heart is also the tree? Oh what joy!
Home, truly is heaven.
My wandering, my loneliness, tears I shed in secret, all the bitter stuff I stomach!
And in the breath. The breath.
I find home.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/18/2008 Posts: 3,434 Location: Kerugoya
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MugundaMan wrote:tycho wrote:
@MugundaMan, I think my whole life has been an unsuccessful attempt at being at home, or even finding home. There hasn't been a break. Only a degradation or a shifting of position in the same level.
If for example, I were to work with the seven dimensions of home, then the highest I've scored is 3.
Ahaa I get you now, brother. You seem to be in the predicament somewhat like a blind man in a dark room groping for non-existent cats to bell. Keep on with the quest. And more importantly, keep hope alive."Home" as you uniquely define it will surely be. Warm regards. OOooooHOoooiiiiiii WaMugunda...... Heheheheeeeeee My KaSweetie has a penchant for speaking in tongues. Of late her favorite one is the following: Utajua hujui. By the way, welcome to the Virtual Republic of Wazua.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/18/2008 Posts: 3,434 Location: Kerugoya
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tycho wrote:I now realize that I'm homeless because I'm disappointed with love, or the promise of love.
And this disappointment has been concealed by a furious optimism, that accompanies my search. My journeying.
My inner unsettlement. An inner contradiction of humanity.
Home, is the heart. Where is the heart?
Oh what joy, that the heart is also the tree? Oh what joy!
Home, truly is heaven.
My wandering, my loneliness, tears I shed in secret, all the bitter stuff I stomach!
And in the breath. The breath.
I find home. tycho wrote:I now realize that I'm homeless because I'm disappointed with love, or the promise of love.
And this disappointment has been concealed by a furious optimism, that accompanies my search. My journeying.
My inner unsettlement. An inner contradiction of humanity.
Home, is the heart. Where is the heart?
Oh what joy, that the heart is also the tree? Oh what joy!
Home, truly is heaven.
My wandering, my loneliness, tears I shed in secret, all the bitter stuff I stomach!
And in the breath. The breath.
I find home. For those of you who came in late, the following is what Tycho(I) is trying to say. By the way, the best way to understand The Whole of Tycho is to prick him so that Tycho(IV) comes out. Translation: It is Njaanuary. The Mrs and the children had become accustomed to pampering that comes with the money pouring associated with the Festive Season. Trips to the Coast(?) Unrestricted Shopping at the Top Malls. The Hiring of a Top Range Recreational Active Vehicle (RAV) for injunctions to maternal and paternal in-laws GichagiSides. Toys for Jnr a new Mountain bike perhaps, what do you get the girl child as a Christmas gift these days. I have forgotten. Mine is 22 this year but I digress for that is another nightmare story for another thread. Now the money is gone. Its sweltering hot and the landlord does not want to know. Or is it the mortgage bank demanding their installment or hell. In short, being at home is stress. But What am I telling you folks that you do not know about Njaanuary. Oh. There is that last part. About the breath. That means that he is finally found solace in his eeeee Gachungwa?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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You guys remind me of the movie 'American psycho'. Bateman Kills the homeless.
He can't understand the homeless. He hates them in fact.
Yet he himself he has no home.
He cries to his friends, But they don't believe him.
What next for him?
Little wonder I've always wondered whether I'm a psycho.
Of course I've been a psycho.
You must be psychos.
Look at how cold and unfeeling you are!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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Yes. The breath is the Gachungwa. My mother my lover.
Oh what a home!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/18/2008 Posts: 3,434 Location: Kerugoya
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tycho wrote:You guys remind me of the movie 'American psycho'. Bateman Kills the homeless.
He can't understand the homeless. He hates them in fact.
Yet he himself he has no home.
He cries to his friends, But they don't believe him.
What next for him?
Little wonder I've always wondered whether I'm a psycho.
Of course I've been a psycho.
You must be psychos.
Look at how cold and unfeeling you are! I do not hate the homeless. I am homeless myself, how can I therefore hate the other homeless soul who is homeless because of the same set of circumstances? You have cried to us, but your mistake was in assuming we are not as homeless as you are. Indeed what is next for us all? What indeed. We persevere. Like the men of men who went before us and the men we are nurturing to come after us. And yes you are a psycho. My type of psycho. Because beneath all that facade, lies a better man than I am. And hug your Gachungwa even closer for as December went, so shall Njaanuary go.
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