LEARNING KINDNESS FROM A BEGGAR
SURPRISED BY THE KINDNESS OF A BEGGAR As I walked to the market this morning I, saw an old man with a bandana covering his face sitting in front of a shop. He was not looking at anyone but sat there just watching the traffic on the road. His bandanna was dirty and his clothes were crumpled. His hair poking under an ill-fitting cap was long and unkempt. I decided he was a beggar looking for alms. I made a mental note that on my way back from the market I should give him whatever change I had. A few feet away was a young man sprawled on the pavement obviously in a drunken stupor and no one who passed by took any notice. I thought in my mind it was some good-for-nothing drunkard who had wasted all his money on alcohol. I walked onto the market, finished all my ... Read Full Story >>
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- Nov 21, 2023
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HELPING OLD LADY BY THE BUSY ROAD
It was a busy morning and I had several errands to do before the day became too hot to be outside the house. As I was walking by the side of a busy road I saw an old lady, maybe in her 80s standing perilously close to the traffic. Although my mind was preoccupied, I thought to myself that I should warn her not to stand so close to the chaotic traffic rushing by. When I reached the spot where the old lady was standing. I noticed that she was trying to get attention of passersby who of course were too busy to take note of her. She kept pointing to the middle of the road. When I tried to gently move her back further away from the edge of the busy road, she said that she is standing there because she have dropped her house key in the middle of ... Read Full Story >>
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- Nov 21, 2023
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