I call your bluff.
I have been told multiple times throughout my life that I have never been dealt a good hand. For years and years, this is something that I believed. Could it be that the hand that was dealt to me was not ready to be played? Maybe I had never found a table good enough to play my hand. Perhaps the hand I was dealt—the hand that for some reason I held on to—maybe it needed to gain some real-life experience. Along with the experience comes understanding, great knowledge, and excellent skill. Today, as I have sat at tables with our Mayor, leaders of our city government, board presidents, agency representatives, and many more, we begin discussing ideas and options, coming up with plans and goals that could better the lives of our homeless. The hand I'm holding, the same hand I was dealt in life, as I play my hand, it has become hard to beat, if beatable at all. I am proud of the hand that I've been dealt, and I am honored to sit at these tables to represent my Homeless family. It i...