Monday, August 15, 2016

humbled

old poor sickly looking man with a hunched back hunched over the back of his wheelchair filled with stuff and a begging bag with a few quarters in it, in the front of the grocery store.  legs sickly looking and bandaged.

i walk past him and i go to the korean restaurant and order my takeout dinner.

i have no change from my food order, but then i go and buy some some groceries next door and end up with change for him.

i try to find him, he's inside the korean restaurant.  he hobbles into line.  two local ladies let him go in front and tells him to order whatever he wants and they'll pay.   I jiggle the 82 cents in my hands and hang my head in shame.