Humanity Is Free | A Bit of Optimism #Podcast

9 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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This is a short transcript excerpt from the YouTube podcast "Humanity Is Free | A Bit of Optimism #Podcast" (uploaded by Clegg) in which two speakers discuss one concrete thing people can do today to help the homeless/unhoused: be kind. The dialogue defines kindness practically — look at people kindly, smile, show interest, and when you cannot give money offer a brief empathic phrase (e.g., "I'm so sorry, I don't have any money to give you. I'm poor, too."), or at minimum smile and say you're sorry. The exchange emphasizes simple human recognition over transactional aid.

What is the one thing someone can do today to help their homeless or unhoused community?
Be kind.
When you say there's one thing we can do today, you say, be kind. What does kindness look like?
Your face. That helps.
What does that mean?
It means you look at people kindly, you smile at them, and you put yourself forward in order to be interested in them.
If somebody asks and you have nothing, look, because nobody carries change anymore in this smile. I think people are uncomfortable to say no, and so they turn away and ignore.
Somebody they ignore, they don't exist.
And so if somebody has nothing to give in that, I.
Always say the same thing.
What should they. What should. What does kindness look like in those moments?
Well, for me, it's. I'm so sorry, I don't have any money to give you. I'm poor, too. However, maybe you might explore this, this and this. What's going on with you? No, I talk to them. You don't have to do that. Basically, all you have to do is say, I'm so sorry, and smile and go on.
It's a little bit of humanity.
It's a small thing, but it works. And it's like osmosis. It's really like osmosis. One kind smile really does translate. I'm not kidding you when I say you probably save a life by coming to food on foot and smiling at somebody.