Random Acts of Senseless Kindness. [View All]

[Shadowen]

Who here has, when confronted by a situation that needed rectifying, done something good on the spur of the moment?

When approached by people asking for money to buy food, I buy them a meal. I haven't had cause to do it too many times--not that many people spare-changin' where I live--but every time, the person was incredibly grateful, giving me the warm fuzzies for at least half and hour. The graciosuness, I gather from some of my friends, is unusual; they have tried to skip the middleman, as it were, and gotten shoes thrown at them...

If I had any connections at all, I'd spend time with them over lunch, try to get to know them, see if I could find out what skills they had so I could help them find gainful employment. As it is, I'm unemployed myself, so I must resort to the "give a man a fish" half of the equation.

(I must thank Lynn Johnson, the amazing writer of For Better or for Worse, for giving me the idea.)