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Reflections from the Rearview Mirror

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Reflections from the Rearview Mirror

Gratitude for surviving the crash

Elijah Kelly
Mar 15, 2021
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Reflections from the Rearview Mirror

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Elijah Kelly. Photo by Harry Griffin.

My crash into homelessness wasn’t just from one bad decision or a single unlucky event.

Basically, for years, I made tons of bad choices. Bad financial choices, bad life choices. In just about every area I was charging full-speed ahead, in the wrong direction, in reckless pursuit of self-destruction.

The whole time I …

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