As I walked     1    the city streets, I passed a young man searching through a small block of land that contained a mix of leaves and rubbish. I was somewhat puzzled why someone     2    him would be searching through rubbish. Finding this a little odd, I asked him, “What are you searching     3    ?” He replied very simply that he was looking for money.

After talking     4    him for a little longer, I found out that he had become homeless after getting laid     5     from his job. Since then, he had been working     6     part-time jobs in a doctor’s office and in a food bank to earn some money. But he made so little that he lost heart. The man seemed fairly talented, although he was a little dirty.

I told him that our thoughts create our reality, and I suggested that he not give     7     and think     8     a positive way. During the whole talk, what I stressed was that he was young and that everything was possible. Although he didn’t respond     9     the spot, my sense told me that what I said seemed to have an effect     10     him.