Sacramento Homeless blog

A fellow [I’m call him Lenny ] who regularly stays at the mission is greatly interested in his ancestry. He spends a lot of time and money putting together books identifying those who preceded him on this earth, who, through a procession of births, from generation-to-generation, led to his being here (on earth and, now, a homeless guy). He has a great many notable ancestors who were royalty: Kings and dukes, lords and ladies from families that ruled Denmark, Poland, Germany, Russia, and to a lesser extent, other European countries. He has even traced his line back to an ancestor mentioned in the first book of Matthew where Jesus’ family line is given, tracing King David forward to Joseph, Mary’s husband. When Lenny went around telling people he was related to Jesus it became too much.  His pride in himself and feeling of superiority became constant and keenly evident.  He seriously began to disdain the rest of us, the unwashed masses, and feel himself a (much much better)...