Homeless moment

While driving back home to Virginia Beach today, I stopped at a stoplight and waited for the color to turn from red to green on the traffic sign. The light seemed to take forever, so I started to glance around my surroundings and noticed an old homeless man digging in a nearby trashcan for food. I immediately felt an emotion running through, because I've never really realized how many homeless people there were in United States. I've only seen so many back home in Vietnam, and that was typical and obvious, especially from an extreme poor country. But United States is considered the wealthiest country in the world, so how can there be so many homeless? It was heartbreaking to see that old man slowly digging through trash one by one looking for food. An old man who's lived half his life already. I thought to myself, why doesn't he better his life and go out there to find a job? There are so many opportunities out there, so why doesn't he take the time to search for some? It's not like he has anything else to do during the day. Seeing this man made me realize how important life is to anyone.