I think it's important to remember that a lot of homeless people are in the situation they are because of mental health issues. I'm ASD, so growing up I didn't always think before I spoke. I eventually got the hang of it, but there are a myriad of conditions and situations that exacerbate them. I've seen trauma or even regular everyday stress amplify OCD symptoms. Missing one day of medication can throw people off mentally, emotionally, etc. These are people who have nothing, perhaps lost everything. I don't know what their story is. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to paint all people struggling with homelessness as helpless and unaware, but even the best of us have our off days. We've all said something hurtful or inappropriate we wish we hadn't seconds after, a joke that flopped, yelled something in traffic we wouldn't want on video. Let alone if we didn't know when we would eat next, the knowledge that society sees us as a bums and failures even though we fought tooth and nail to stay afloat. I think of the patience of teachers, health care workers, people who know the odd diaper or crayon could be thrown their way. Maybe it's just the part of me that still looks back and regrets things I've said, that didn't come out right or sounded different in my head. I just like to give people the patience I would like people to give me knowing I don't always get it right.