11-22-2009, 01:55 PM
If I may give an example of how I see the difference between STS and STO... One day at the trainstation I sat down and saw how a girl around 16-17 y. was going around asking only for 5 € (almost like 5 $). Nobody wanted to give her even 1 cent. Than she stood before me as asked me 5 € "to get home". For 5 seconds I guess I did not speek I only watched her eyes and movements. What I saw was fear, just real fear. She was normal dressed, she was clearly not homeless. Her eyes looked very normal, much chance she didn't took drugs. What I felt was real fear when she said "to get home". I did grab what I had of coins in my pocket and I gave that to her. She looked at it and she was counting with her eyes but like someone who try to survive (that's how I can explain that). I could see this clearly. She thanked me 2 times and did go to someone else and I could hear her asking 1 € instead of 5 € ! This sounded not like someone who wanted money for booze.
If you compared this with the reactions of other people, they even don't want to hear what she has to say because they saw her asking something to the other people. At least they could have heard what she wanted, don't you think ?
Just not wanting to hear because they wanted to keep their money for themselves... STS. My act was an act from the heart, not one of caculation if you know what I mean. In my mind I wished her a good return home.
If you compared this with the reactions of other people, they even don't want to hear what she has to say because they saw her asking something to the other people. At least they could have heard what she wanted, don't you think ?
Just not wanting to hear because they wanted to keep their money for themselves... STS. My act was an act from the heart, not one of caculation if you know what I mean. In my mind I wished her a good return home.