So Much Easier

The other day presented a decision point in doing a random act of kindness . It would have been much easier to give a token amount of money to a man selling rose shrubs (with several rose shrubs balanced on his head) walking with a limp, who looked like he could do with a new pair of rubber slippers. Decision point came at the instance when I was thinking of calling the rose-seller man who was a few meters away and a taxi pulling in front of me -- a taxi ride which I needed to take me to a physical therapy appointment -- at a time when it was quite a feat to get a taxi ride. The taxi ride won. And the failure to take advantage of the RAK moment stayed on my mind...A measure of guilty feeling that lasted over the weekend. I prayed to God to bless the man. The guilty feeling surfaced again when attending mass. The thought of offering the mass for the man and thinking that I will be praying that God bless him again and again.. I would have forgotten about him had I been able to give him a small amount. No guilt feelings would have ensued. Maybe God wanted me to pray for the rose-seller... not just give him a few pesos ...Maybe the RAK would be in the prayers....