We were at a stop light at a very busy intersection. On the street corner to our right was a "homeless", "out of work" Man with the typical sign asking for a handout. He looked pretty clean, shoes were in tact, hair not too messy etc…. Just a man down on his luck.
On the corner to our left, crossing the street, was a woman pushing her shopping cart that was overflowing with "stuff". Her shirt was tattered, her skirt was dirty, and her hair was a matted mess. As she walked across the street and approached the man and she spoke to him and with a smile. We could not hear what they were talking about but after a minute or two, she reached into her bag of wordily possessions and pulled out a crumpled dollar. She then handed the money to the man, he timidly received.
Madelynn (my Daughter) and I just looked at each other….a smile came across our faces at the same instant.
I said "can you believe what we just witnessed'? A true act of kindness and generosity from the most unlikely of sources.
The man looked at us, he saw us smiling. He blushed from the inside…….
I have no idea if he was embarrassed or thankful. But as the woman tootled away, he turned, lowered his head, looked at the crumpled bill, shoved it in his pocket and quickly dropped his sign.
AND oh what a sign it was…
The way I see it, you can either whine about sitting in traffic or you can be grateful that you have a place to go and a way to get there.
You can whine about the lines in the grocery store or you can be grateful you have the money to be in line to buy food.
You can complain about the weather or you can the thankful you have a place to escape it.
You can complain about your life or embrace it everyday…. take a bit of that woman today and put it into your own perspective, you may see a different view (DL)
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