Everything was going his way. Everything society says makes a man - TopicsExpress

Everything was going his way. Everything society says makes a man successful -- a great job, a beautiful girlfriend, a loving family and loyal friends. But John couldnt shake the feeling of boredom. He longed for something more. I had nothing to complain about, everything was good -- too good, he recalls. But I thought, This is it? This is everything I wanted? Depressed and wanting to dig deeper, John, a devout Christian, re-visited the Gospels. He devoured the Book of Matthew. A lot of it is about caring for the poor, how much Jesus was reaching out to the outcasts, the most marginalized people of society, he says. That really stuck out to me and I thought, Thats what I want to do. So he went to Skid Row.