Jessie is about 25 years old. He is about 5'6", 145 lbs., and he has brown hair but shaves it. 

He comes in to Starbucks every once in a while. I've also seen him in the cafe at Barnes and Nobles a few times. He almost always wears cargo shorts, a t-shirt, and different expensive tennis shoes. He carries a phone and earplugs and is always listening to some music on a cheap Trac phone. Sometimes, the phone is off and pretends to listen to it anyway (his headphones disconnected once and he didn't notice). He ignores everyone and always seems to have a smile on his face. 

Jessie never buys anything. While there he goes directly to the condiment counter and pours himself a water. He will do that several time while he is there. He sometimes takes packs of sugar and napkins and puts them in his pocket. Sometimes he is in the public bathroom for longer than usual and he walks out refreshed as if he just showered (not that anyone notices). If someone talks to him he talks back with a smile and always has a  joke or two to tell.  He sometimes carries a backpack and other times not. Sometimes, before getting to here, he leaves the back pack hidden in the tall grass in the empty field next to Starbucks. I've never seen him leave it there but he sometimes walks in without it and then walks out for a minute. When he comes in he has the pack and it is wet and sometimes has some grass on it, which he quickly cleans.  

Jessie, as you can guess, is homeless. But most people won't notice. But he won't ask anyone for anything and you can't guess by his clothing or appearance.  And you really can't read it on his face either. That is rare.  Homeless people often have that resigned look on their face. Jessie doesn't have it. He has accepted it and is making the best of it.  He will get by on what he can find and, sometimes, steal (the shoes). He finds shelter in stores during the day and probably stays with different people when he can, though not often. 

People become and then remain homeless for different reasons. Most of those reasons have little to do with something they did wrong. People often find themselves in a place and time that they really have no control over. It isn't their fault, but when they find themselves there they lose themselves. 

Homelessness is strange thing. There our houses out there for everybody, it's just that not everybody can afford to live in one. But if you think about it even people with a lot of money are often on the verge of homelessness from month to month wondering if they will have enough to pay their house. I really hate banks for the crap they put people through who want to own a home. It's ridiculous. 

I hope Jessie can find his way around the situation he is in. But he doesn't seem to be going anywhere. He seems to be trying real hard to pretend that he is not in a bad situation.  He is getting very comfortable with the life he is in. People who try to hard to ignore their situation often find themselves stuck in it forever. 

Remember that people that need your help are everywhere. The homeless aren't always the ones with street signs begging at intersections. Sometimes becoming homeless is a slow process. So slow that people don't recognize themselves. 

P.S.- I put a card of a friend who assists people in Jessie's situation into his back pack (along with a 50 dollar bill). Though, I'm sure he will wonder why the heck anyone would do that.