A message from a good friend of mine on FB that both broke my heart and made me think. This is post is copied from www.Democraticunderground.com "I'm in Jasper , Alabama and I just spent an outrageous amount of money for Christmas gifts. Then I saw an old man standing on the main road with a sign that said "please help me get back to Memphis so I can take care of my dog before I die." Of course, no one was stopping but as I drove by I noticed that he was one of my clients when I worked in mental health and he has an IQ of a 8 year old. He was safe and secure when we took care of him back then but cuts to mental health forced his release other than a visit every now and then to the Jasper mental health center. I actually know his story is true about his dog in Memphis because that was where he was sent to live with his drug addicted sister. I called some of my former MH co workers and he now has a bus ride to Memphis with a mental health service administrator waiting on him when he arrives. If I wouldn't have known him would I have stopped? Probably not. I need to do some serious soul searching. What have I become? What have we become?" That's the end of this message from my friend and it hits hard during this holiday season.