Thank you for sharing that, Marigold. I need to see things like that sometimes because I'm a bit immune to it sometimes. Having spent most of my life in NYC, I just walked past so many folks like this that it became habit.

I witnessed another instance like this on Father's Day this year. Barry and I walked into a Publix and were getting a cart. As we walked away from the entrance, an Oriental family came over to where a down-on-his-luck looking gentleman was sitting on a bench. I guess he was trying to get out of the heat. The father of the family handed the man a boxed meal and the child gave him an iced-tea. They said, "Happy Father's Day" and the father shook the man's hand. The man was surprised and obviously moved by the gesture. He was also obviously hungry because he tucked in as soon as they walked away! I didn't even see him there and they thought to buy him a meal!! It makes me cry when I think about it.

Yes, a wonderful example for his children. I hope they never get as jaded as I have. I'm embarrassed to admit it I would never let an animal who needed help go unnoticed, but I didn't see that man sitting there.