The local governments and a lot of people are not pleased with mendicancy, and they see it as an annoying trend of the poor and the needy who have to approach anyone on the streets with their outstretched hands to beg for food or money and even go from one house to another to ask for anything. They know no shame or embarrassment for they are desperate to survive. And the only way to live day to day is to beg. That's why no one could blame those who are against mendicancy for they are working people who know how to earn money by having a job and are in no way begging for mercy from anyone. A lot of them don't give out anything to beggars, and don't even bother to look at them, and even go to the point of insulting them for begging and not try to look for jobs anywhere to earn. But when we treat beggars that way, and say "no" to mendicancy, are we being fair to our fellow human beings? I think not! Living in the city is very hard to do since the cost of the lifestyle is way too high for ordinary people with ordinary jobs. In the first place, looking for a job is a lot of time and effort and even money because there are so many who come to the city thinking of looking for greener pasture only to find out that they have to compete with everybody else who are looking for the same thing. Even a college degree or diploma don't guarantee of getting a job easily. So what more with people who were not able to go to college or even finish high school, who were born to a poor family that couldn't afford three meals a day? And there are families who don't own anything: no houses, no lands or lots to settle in, with no education whatsoever for they can't afford the cost, and who are just staying in the sidewalks and city slums. That's why their only means of surviving is begging. They can't apply for a job because they haven't gone to school, and even if they apply for hard jobs like houseboys, street sweepers and the like, who will trust them enough to hire them? Will employers accept such people as those? One thing for sure, employers are picky, and careful about getting people to work in their businesses. They always hire the best candidates. We can't just refuse those people and say, "look for a job somewhere and earn your own money and stop begging". We have to be considerate for it's no easy way to live the kind of life they have. We have to remember and never forget that most of them don't have anything they can call their own: no houses, no lands or lots, no education and no way to be hired and get a job! And suppose we were in their shoes, what would we do? And how would we feel when we are being refused and nobody gives us anything? Let's start to be fair and be considerate to people who are not as fortunate as we are. Helping the poor and the needy is not bad at all, and it's not true that we are just making them lazy and dependent on us and making them unable to stand on their own. They just don't have anyone to turn to, and they don't have the capacity to make a living or get a job. Giving them something is like depositing some money in the bank that you can earn interest one day. It's pretty good karma baby, we have to remember that. Giving them much is the best karma, and even giving them a little of what we have, say, a peso or a penny, goes a long way. We can still look forward to receiving something back in the future especially when we are in need that time. All of us humans should not only live for ourselves and our families, but also live for other people who are desperate for our mercy.
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