To the editor:

I was saddened right before the new year started. I had heard in some states homelessness had become a crime. Then I got angry! The raising of prices on rents and other life necessities should be a crime! If we choose to let the power that be, ”money”, to keep dictating our lives we will all be living in the streets asking ourselves how did we get here.

It’s our choice to let go of the greed, the gossip and the jealousy and hold on to the people in our lives with compassion and empathy. If we could choose to put our humanity first and reach out with kindness, we could live in peace on earth.

This would be the great resolution once and for all.

Donna Ferro
East Providence