Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The angel outside Walmart

Today I met a homeless man outside Walmart. He only said "Keep that pretty smile pretty" as I walked by. As I shopped I thought about him and when I walked out of the store, I saw him and smiled. He told me "Ah that beautiful smile" and asked the man that walked out behind me if he had "a penny to help feed the homeless". I dug through my purse and managed to find only 60 cents but when I gave it to him, he thanked me and said "God bless you" over and over again. I returned the favor and before he left he told me "make sure you keep that beautiful smile beautiful".

Now, I know not everyone is religious, but I am. I have always believed that you should never turn your back on the hungry because you don't know when it will be an angel or Jesus. Well, as I said goodbye I touched his shoulder and it just felt interesting. It was warm despite the cool breeze and I felt very calm. I'm not saying he was Jesus, but I don't doubt for a second that he was an angel.

Moral: Don't turn your back on the homeless. Even if they are not and they are exploiting others, that is their hell to pay in the end and you just never know.

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