Social experiments are a good way to judge how we as a civilized society place ourselves on the scales of humanity. Sometimes you are left with tears of joy seeing how people can come together and at times your left stumped with the lack of empathy among us.
But more than anything else it always makes me wonder, what would I have done if I was there. I find myself in the shoes of the people who walk by, the shoes of the homeless and the people who stop to make a difference.
The video below is an emotional roller coaster, a young boy is homeless and begging on the streets of New York. Doesn’t have enough clothes to keep him warm, what happens can’t be put into words.