Very cool. About 4 years ago, I had a guy come up to me in downtown Chicago... said he and his family were hungry and asked me for money. Instead of offering money (to be used for alcohol or drugs) I offered to buy him and his family dinner. He was so thankful... asked if he could get his family. I said sure. I left for a couple of minutes and came back around the the corner with his wife and 5 little kiddos. We went to a Boston Market and had a nice meal. I sat there and ate dinner with them. They were just a normal family that had fallen on desperate times. It was a pretty cool... even life changing experience for me. I'll never forget it... and all those hungry kiddos coming out of nowhere. :-)
Wow. What an excellent experience. Our church has really tried to get the message across about helping those in need, especially in these times. You never really know what some people on the street are going through until these sort of opportunities come up. Great job!
I try to keep two philosophies with me at all times.
1. Don't let someone's bad day be a result of you being mean.
2. Sometimes is better to be nice than to be right.
I'm also working on letting everyone around me from my wife to a waiter know that I really appreciate them. (Funny how it's harder to tell that to the first rather then the last)