The first thing is avoid self-pity like the plague. The second thing is don't pay attention to what seems to be going around you just work at a steady pace and soon all kinds of good things will happen to you.

Everywhere I looked, I saw a flowing stream of banners, puppets, colorful homemade signs, and the ubiquitous knitted pink pussy hats which created a carnival spirit of celebration and  joyousness that awakened the hope in me that had gone dormant temporarily.

I think overall it pushes us all to look at what our responsibility is as a society when it comes to housing. Zoning laws are changing. These units are quite small – some as little as 100 square feet – and yet they can be expensive, while we still have people who cannot afford shelter at all.