Today's quote......Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.
Voltaire
So let's try to have as little guilt as possible when it comes to doing good.
I must say this reminds me of a dilemma I often struggle with.
Soooooo last night I was driving home from work. It was 20 minutes past midnight and I am driving down Russell Rd. For those of you not familiar, it is a country road that, on a lot of nights, I can drive all the way home and see a maximum of 2-3 cars on the road. Anyway about 10 minutes from home I pass a person pushing a motorcycle. Didn't see until last minute as they had dark clothes and no reflective tape. I didn't stop.....and that is my dilemma!!!!!! In my mind we have been told not to stop as things could happen. In my heart I am thinking if that was myself or one of my family or friends I would want someone to offer help. Although I must admit I would be very scared if I was in that situation and someone stopped to help me. My society conditioning as told me this person could be bad!!!! I fought the back and forth feelings the rest of the way home. A few times I seriously thought of turning around and going back. I couldn't have taken the bike in my car and they probably wouldn't have wanted to leave it on the side of the road but I could have made sure that they had phoned someone, I had my cell phone with me. I could have drove them to get help if they lived nearby. Oh my gosh what to do. I seriously think next time I will stop roll down my window and ask them if I could call someone for them. They may have just been a short distance from home or km away I don't know!!!! In my mind I said well maybe another car will come along with a male or more than one person in the car and they will help. I still feel bad obviously or I wouldn't be writing about it.
Any comments on what you would have done?????
So this is sort of a dilemma but today safely be kind to someone. Perform a random act of kindness. Even being polite to someone like saying thank you when they hold a door for you or thanking the cashier at the grocery can be a kindness not often shown these days. We tend to take service folks for granted.
Be kind!!!!
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