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<\/p>\n\u201cYou can\u2019t help someone if they won\u2019t help themselves\u201d. It\u2019s an old saying, but one you\u2019ve likely heard time and again.<\/p>\n
Sadly, it rings true more often than not: try as you might, it\u2019s extremely difficult to lend someone a hand or make a difference in their lives if they\u2019re not fully committed to giving themselves the best possible chance.<\/p>\n
Ryan Bray, from Florida, knows a thing or two about that. As per reports, he regularly passes beggars on the street while on his route home from work. One Sunday, he walked by a man who had a particular saddening story, and so Ryan decided to intervene in the best way he knew.<\/p>\n
Instead of simply giving the man some spare change \u2013 which wasn\u2019t going to help his overall situation \u2013 Ryan tried to think bigger, grander. He offered the homeless man $15\/hour to come work for his family business, effectively presenting the panhandler with the opportunity to get off the streets permanently.<\/p>\n
To his surprise, however, the beggar in question had absolutely no intentions of getting a real job. He told Ryan he was satisfied with sitting on the street, where he could beg more in an hour than Ryan was offering him.<\/p>\n
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Of course, by that stage Ryan was incredulous. Having given the man the chance to turn his life around, only to have the gesture thrown back in his face, he decided to act.<\/p>\n
Ryan returned home and made a sign of his own, before heading back out to the same street corner. There he stood with his sign, openly shaming the beggar who had become disgruntled upon being offered a way off the streets.<\/p>\n
Ryan\u2019s sign warned other members of the public not to give money to beggars, explaining how he had tried his best to help the homeless man in question, but that his compassion had been treated with scorn.<\/p>\n
\u201cI offered him $15.00 an hour to do yardwork for me, and he refused,\u201d Ryan\u2019s side read. \u201cIf we as a community stop paying them, they will leave our neighborhood!\u201d<\/p>\n
As per reports, the homeless man dubbed Ryan a liar, saying that he\u2019d never received an offer of employment.<\/p>\n
Of his encounter with the homeless man in this story, Ryan said:<\/p>\n
\u201cHe reached his arms inside my vehicle, resting them, and said, \u2018Hey do you have any money?\u2019 I said, \u2018No, I have one better for you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
For more on Ryan\u2019s story, watch the video below:<\/p>\n