{"id":3883,"date":"2024-10-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkviolet-turkey-445760.hostingersite.com\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2024-10-24T10:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T08:04:11","slug":"becoming-better-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akweks.com\/auctions\/becoming-better-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Better Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The homeless are one of, if not the most marginalized members of any society. Unlike those who are seriously ill or have lifestyles we don&#8217;t share, the homeless remind us that, but for the grace of God, it could well be us who have nowhere to sleep and who do not know where our next meal is coming from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This knowledge scares most of us so much that, if we can not help at that particular time, we pretend not to see them at all. 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