Wow what a fascinating challenge! When I lived in Central London, having done a bit of work with a couple of homeless charities and also gone down the old Waterloo bullring with a friend to show him that yes, there were people in London living in cardboard boxes which he refused to believe. I had this time of wondering what it would be like to be homeless, where I would go, what I would do and I used to spy out places - like the back of one of the big department stores which blew out hot air 24/7, or some of the big university buildings which had little places you could nestle in against a wall in shadow and not be noticed by casual passers by but less dangerous than shop doorways - homeless people sleeping in shop doorways in London tend to get an incredibly rough ride - either with people deliberately urinating on them or getting attacked.
You are so right - if they strip you of everything - what remains? This is the core of your being and you should accept and be happy with it. People are not their stuff.
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