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1、Unit50Don'tWeAll? Iwasparkedinfrontofthemallwipingoffmycar.Ihadjustcomefromthecarwashandwaswaitingformywifetogetoutwork. Comingmywayfromacrosstheparkinglotwhatthesocietywouldconsiderabum.Fromhislooks,Iguessedhehadnocar,nohome,nocleanclothes,andnomoney.Therearetimeswhenyo
2、ufeelgenerousbutthereareothertimeswhenyoujustdon'twanttobebothered.Thiswasoneofthose"Don'twanttobebotheredtimes." "Ihopehedoesn'taskmeformoney,"Ithought.Hedidn't. Hecameandsatonthecurbinfrontofthebusstopbuthedidn'tlooklikehecouldhaveenoughmoneytoevenridethebus.Afterafewm
3、inuteshespoke."That'saveryprettycar,"hesaid.Hewasraggedbuthehadanairofdignityabouthim."Thanks,"Isaid,andcontinuedwipingoffmycar.HesattherequietlyasIworked.Theexpectedpleaformoneynevercame.Asthesilencebetweenuswidenedsomethinginsidesaid,"Askhimifheneedanyhelp."Iwassurethath
4、ewouldsay"yes"butIheldtruetotheinnervoice. "Don'tyouneedanyhelp?"Iasked. HeansweredinthreesimpleprofoundwordsthatIshallneverforget.Weoftenlookforwisdomingreatmenandwomen.Iexpectitfromthoseofhigherlearningandaccomplishments.ButfromabumIexpectednothingbutanoutstretchedgrim
5、yhand.Hespokethethreewordsthatshookme."Don'tweall?"hesaid. Iwasfeelinghighandmighty,aboveabuminthestreet,untilthosethreewordshitmelikeatwelvegaugeshortgun."Don'tweall?"Ineededhelp.Maybenotforbusfareoraplacetosleep,butIneededhelp.Ireachedinmywalletandgavehimnotonlyenoughfo
6、rbusfare,butenoughtogetawarmmealandshelterfortheday. Thosethreewordsstillringtrue.Nomatterhowmuchyouhaveaccomplished,youneedhelptoo.Nomatterhowlittleyouhave,nomatterhowloadedyouarewithproblems,youcangivehelp.Evenifit'sjustacompliment,youcangivethat. Youneverknowwhenyouca
7、nseesomeonewhoinspiresyoualot.Theyarewaitingforyoutogivethemwhattheydon'thave.Butwhatyougainisadifferentperspectiveonlife,aglimpseatsomethingbeautiful,arelieffromdailychaos,thatonlyyouthroughatornworldcansee. Maybethemanwasjustahomelessstrangerwanderingthestreets.Maybehew
8、asmorethanthat.Maybehewassentbyapowerthatisgreatandwise,tominister2tosoulstoocomfortablei