as i was walking to my car
this dude rides up on his bike
and asks for help
we talked for a couple minutes ...
well. actually he did the talking
he needed food and a bath ...
and he was angry
he was angry at having to ask
and at the system that got him to where he was
some might respond to that
with thoughts of
'sooooo.... you're being played'
or some such
he cried
briefly
while he was angry
we went to the house of the waffle
and i told him order anything he wanted
and as much as he wanted
he had 2 pork chops and grits
coffee and coke
and he talked
he spoke of the history of this area
the black history
he spoke of the blessing
of each human being unique
being able to bring
their unique perspective to bear on life
for the benefit of us all
he spoke of the dire need for listeners
people who will simply listen
and noted that we are too tied up
in ourselves
to listen
to care enough
to listen
he was not a stupid man
not at all
he was
a
man
selah ... ~
i was privileged today
maybe
i'll get lucky
tomorrow
too
shalom
Wow !!!!!! not much else to say you were privileged.
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