 And like we both like I was holding a picture of him but his mother was at me So I we both just like did this 180 look in his direction We were like try and it was every I had to do everything in my power to not just like run over and like Attack this kid. I was like I was like Trey and I had I was like my mother sent me here from South Carolina clear across the other coasts of the US to find you and I've been waiting to me for like three months and He was stunned, you know, this is a kid. It's been living on the streets for for five years He made eating out of dumpsters and sleeping in tents outside of town and he has a really rough life and He's in kind of a dark place emotionally and psychologically But I mean he just burst into smiles, you know And like I we invited him down to sit and have a cup of tea and I shot a little video for his mom You know, I was like if I was your mom, what would you say to me and we shot a video It was really cool. So I mean That's just one example of like how in the world does I even happen like we wouldn't even think there's something like that was possible, but amazingly enough It is Okay, I'm gonna talk about this guy real quick because it's just a short simple story This picture is kind of hard to see in this picture, but if you want to pass it around It's hard to see now because of the way it's cropped But that's Tony and I met Tony recently actually in Baltimore and I was just walking around like by the Inner Harbor and Tony was going behind his wheelchair and I I was like just walking and I just kind of did one of these like waves down by my waist like Waved at him and I he was talking to himself like a lot of people on the street talk to themselves because they've been alone for a long time So he was talking to himself and he He I hear him go whoa Nobody's waved at me in years And I just stopped because I was like Really like no one's even waved at this guy So I went back and like walks back to where he was and I asked him I said really Tony like I asked his name He said his name is Tony and I said really no one has waved at you in years and he said yeah He had one leg and he was he had it amputated because he Had an infection and his mom died and he's been on drugs for a long time And he goes to a methadone clinic and his life is just really it's been he's been on the streets for more than 20 years so he's been on the streets for a long time and He just said that he's so used to people ignoring him He hasn't had anybody Like touch him or or talk to him and longer than he can remember and I asked him if there was anything I could do to help him out And he said like could you just hold my hand he said nobody's touched me and so long could you just hold my hand and I'm not gonna lie. That's an awkward situation Because it's a complete stranger, you know, you're just like this is weird You know you're in the middle of like a city and you don't you know you just met them But but I did and I held his hand for a few minutes while we talked about his life and his mom and Like what his future looks like and it's not good, you know But it's that's just a Moment in both of our lives like when when I took a couple steps away and We were kind of saying our goodbyes like his his whole face had changed I mean he was smiling and he just he said again, like thank you so much for just holding my hand like it's just Makes me feel like a person, you know, and it Those are the experiences that like really make you appreciate what you have because like I'm pretty sure that anyone Of you today like if you needed a hug Someone would be here to give it to you, you know, but there are a lot of people out there They don't even have that privilege like they don't even have a friend to give them a hug when they need it So um most of the time like these socks are not a bit smell about the socks It's not about just giving someone socks for their feet. It's about the relationship that starts when you open up the conversation it's about like where that sock can lead so um just kind of maybe take that with you and and Next time you see people that are either out there like on the street Maybe they're begging or maybe they're just kind of sitting there I just kind of think twice about what their life is like and what each one of us can do like on a one-person level to Make their life better like it's amazing. It's just like a smile or a conversation or just treating someone like a human being Can drastically alter their day and then like who knows where that will lead to so Just anybody else have any questions? Right okay, so she for those of you who couldn't hear she was saying that like the people with the least give the most that she was Going around neighborhoods and like it seemed like the more affluent neighborhoods They wouldn't give her anything and then like the people who don't seem to have a whole lot will like give you nearly everything that they have and like I've been Shouting that anthem since like the first week I think it was like a huge a very difficult lesson for me to learn But because we don't want to face that reality that that people who have next to nothing will like take the shirt off They're back to give it to you In relation to what you're talking about with it going like in the neighborhoods just like a quick story about that When I first started going door-to-door For came good. I really had no idea Like what to expect or where to go, right? I still really kind of swing it I just like pull over when I feel like I'm supposed to pull over and I park and I just start walking well The maybe I think it was in Georgia like the second week of doing it I Stopped in a neighborhood and I started walking around and I really like I realized to be like this was a much lower-income neighborhood and I Kind of kicking myself because I'm like man. Why am I collecting here because I knew that the people in this neighborhood weren't gonna have Excess, you know and I thought like I'm pretty sure some of these people I mean might might go to a soup kitchen or a food pantry to get so I shouldn't be asking them I felt really bad and as I was walking around and I was knocking on doors It was amazing how many people came outside of their house and stood on the porch and like Hugged me and they were like so grateful for what I was doing like you're doing such a good thing And we need people like you if I had anything to give you I would but I have nothing like I want to give you Something so bad that I have nothing in my house And it was just tearing my heart out, you know, it's like and I just I don't even know what possessed me to Just like keep going from door to door, but I did and I was probably seven or eight houses They were all people would answer and come out and just like I would love to help you But I have no food and it was really it was really bothering me And finally like I had walked up and down the street and I was back at my truck and I was just gonna leave I was like this is stupid. Why did I come here and There was one more house next to my truck. So I thought Okay, I'll go to the last house. So I went I've been knocked and for whatever reason like this lady Came to the door and she was like, oh, yeah I have exactly what you need and she went back into her house and she came out with like a hamper full of Candies I have no idea what she just said it on the porch and then she went back inside and shut the door She didn't say anything else and I just looked at this hamper full of food and I was like How weird the last house like in this so I took all of that food And I like went back to all other eight houses on the block and I just like put food on There from porch because I was like that's why this stuff happens You know all of these people wanted to help me so bad and then they and they couldn't and this one woman's kindness Like she fed her whole block like I Don't know if she'll ever like know that she did that but it's really cool And um, but like, you know in comparison a few weeks later I was in like I accidentally kind of I just pulled over and parked and I was in a Country club and they didn't realize it and I was like going knocking on like half a million dollar houses And I think I collected like 10 things, you know in like 20 houses So it does really remain true about like the people with the least really do give the most and I see that time and time and time again And I keep saying we don't need street outreach. We need country club outreach the people on the street They get they're the most generous Compassionate people they know God they see God and what they do they show love they they share they Understand like they they get it in a way like when you have nothing You learn really quick what life is really about it's not about stuff. It's not about money It's not about collagen It's about love and it's about about sharing and being kind and being compassionate And like the people on the street know that it's it's the people with all the stuff that forget It's those people that we need to be talking to um, so that's kind of where my focus is at now Are we wrapping up? Okay, cool. Thank you guys so much again for coming on