The Reflection in the PoolMy relationship with the Other as neighbor gives meaning to my relations with all others. Emmanuel Levinas It is still too common that I reflexively look away from homeless people. Conversely, it is human and vulnerable to hold their gaze and to consider that they are people with histories, loves, and losses. In looking away, I make of the homeless a repellent, abject, or cautionary presence someone or something unworthy of consideration and empathy.