Quite a few years ago I was standing at a bus stop waiting for a bus.a child begger came to me asking for some money,I just ignored him but he kept standing there.since my bus did not come for about half an hour I started talking to him.He told me that HE made twenty bucks everyday begging on the streets and he used to eat only once a day and had to go hungry at night and yet he looked so happy and in a jolly mood that I thought I must consider myself lucky and be happy like him.
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I agree. We should be lucky
I agree. We should be lucky that we're not begging.There are things in life that we ignored but in the end we learned from it. I once experience while waiting for a bus and its past midnight. Special child approaching.He can't even talk straight. Instead of ignoring the boy I talk to him and gave him money to buy food and ask him go home.
How wonderful that you were
How wonderful that you were able to take such a meaningful lesson from a youngster. Many people would have despised him for being a beggar and so would never have recieved the valuable insight that you took from the encounter.