Broken Dreams

We live in an area that is a strange mix of suburbia and rural landscapes.  There are the towns with some sections that have seen better days, and there are homes on the waterfront that can command an easy million or more to own.

Just by looking at the disparate housing options you know there's a large range of incomes.  Beyond that though there are signs of the truly lost.  You can overlook these sights easily enough.  They sit forlorn along the sides of the roads sitting behind overgrown vegatation.  Have you seen these sights on trips you take around your town?



I've seen these  and others while out and about.  I wonder who owned them and what their hopes and dreams may have been.  I wonder what caused those dreams to break.  How did these houses, vans and stuffed animals end up being abandoned?


I know there could be any number of reasons for the demise shown in the photos.  I know too there are folks  that seem to be just a step away from being in a similar position.  Life can be tenuous.  Are we just one paycheck away from falling on hard times?  Are we making bad choices that lead to severe consequences?  Is there an addiction that needs to be treated and controlled?  How close am I to having broken dreams?

 I know too that dreams are personal.  I can help you with your dream, but the work is yours, just as reaching mine is a task for me.  I can support. I can aide.  I can assist.  I can't work harder at your dream than you.  What am I, what are you, willing to change to get a step closer to those dreams?

This poor bunny was just outside of the trailer

This home was right behind the trailer below

 The world is not fair to all.  Shouldn't we, though, be living to be fair to all?  I'm not sure I know how to best do that, but my prayer is that I grow more aware and more able to do so.  My prayer is that together, you and I, can make a difference - one step at a time in helping each other reach that rainbow we've set our eyes on.

 Prayers that you find and hold on to your dreams.

Blessings,
Brian

Long past it's prime, it's been partially stripped of the skin, probably sold as scrap.