What Has It Got To Do With You?
I had to go into town today to get some supplies and all the way to town I was asking that there be money in my bank account so I could buy what I needed. I managed to get money from my account and as I was walking to the shop I heard someone mumble something as they walked past me, but I didn’t hear exactly what they said just something about change.
I walked a couple paces more then stopped and turned round and there was a scruffy guy with a dog, I walked towards them and said to him “sorry I didn’t hear what you said” at the same time as opening my purse because it was then it registered he was asking for change. He looked at me and said “no-one has ever said sorry to me, just a few coppers for a drink of coffee will do”, I handed him £2 ($4) smiled and looked into the gentlest eyes I have ever seen, turned and carried on walking to the shop.
A woman walking towards me said “you shouldn’t have given him anything, scruffy so and so he will only spend it on drugs, these tramps are a nuisance”
I looked at her and smiled and said “what has it got to do with you, it’s up to him to do what he pleases with the money he has, and for your information it’s not the likes of him that are a nuisance it’s people like you who forget how lucky they are and how so easily that could be them, God bless” and I walked on my way.
Why is it people assume that just because someone is down on their luck they are drug addicts or drunkards and don’t deserve a choice or a chance. A couple of times I have got to the point where my neighbours have had to feed my daughter, not through any fault of my own but through circumstances, illness and not being able to work.
Never forget when you see someone worse off then you that it’s only by faith in God/Spirit/Universe that it is someone else and not you.
Blessings.