09-03-2010, 10:48 PM
A man approached me last weekend and asked for some money for food. I apologized that I did not have any money. Instead, I said brightly " I have this apple that you can have!" He took the apple and began eating it right there on the spot after turning his back in shame.
I was with some other people who were in a hurry to finish their errands. I thought all afternoon about that man. His eyes spoke of kindness. And at the end of the day I wanted to return to the place I last spoke with him but my companions nixed the plan... they all said "there are places that 'help' those kinds of people."
I remember just looking at my companions with compassion fore they have never experienced the gift of homelessness or being indigent thus, they have no frame of reference of the complexities involved in homelessness.
I found that I was becoming upset over my companions apathy so I thought of Peace Pilgrim and began to pray for the man and all the homeless people in the world as well as for those who are still learning to share their wealth. In praying for them, I released myself from my feelings of helplessness by adding to the "Love Quotient" in the world. Feeling helpless and guilty only creates more helplessness and guilt in the collective consciousness. That is my salt for all its worth.
fairyfarmgirl
I was with some other people who were in a hurry to finish their errands. I thought all afternoon about that man. His eyes spoke of kindness. And at the end of the day I wanted to return to the place I last spoke with him but my companions nixed the plan... they all said "there are places that 'help' those kinds of people."
I remember just looking at my companions with compassion fore they have never experienced the gift of homelessness or being indigent thus, they have no frame of reference of the complexities involved in homelessness.
I found that I was becoming upset over my companions apathy so I thought of Peace Pilgrim and began to pray for the man and all the homeless people in the world as well as for those who are still learning to share their wealth. In praying for them, I released myself from my feelings of helplessness by adding to the "Love Quotient" in the world. Feeling helpless and guilty only creates more helplessness and guilt in the collective consciousness. That is my salt for all its worth.
fairyfarmgirl