What's the worst that could happen from being homeless? Death.
Being homeless is no joke, and definitely not something to take for granted, or belittle the negative effects that it can have on a person's physical, mental, and spiritual bodies.
There is not one aspect of one's being that isn't impacted or left untouched by the effects of "homelessness".
Personally I know that this experience is forever etched into my very being and shall probably have lingering effects even beyond physical life. How? I do not know. Perhaps future incarnations if you believe in that sort of thing, or just maybe as a saved experience stored somewhere in the archives of my souls "memory".
I just pray that for me this experience does not prove to be fatal.
More on this topic later.
If this one stayed with you, you might also like:
Reflections on Mortality, Solitude, and the Search for Authentic Expression