Right now my job at AIM is cooking for training camps. Today I started cooking for 20 staff and leaders, the 40 participants come in on Friday before heading to the nations next week.
Yesterday I was driving back to the AIM office with a van load of groceries… as I was getting off the highway there was a man standing on the corner with a cardboard sign. The light had turned green, the man's shoulders and head lowered as he began to stroll back to the corner.
Normally when I see someone begging on the street, I'll be honest, I judge them. In a matter of seconds I try and figure out if they are 'worthy' of having to live on the streets with no other option for an income than the 'scraps' of passers by.
Yesterday was different. It was almost 100 degrees out. The only thought that went through my head was, 'no-one deserves to be homeless in this heat.'
I wish I could say that I turned around, that I helped the man standing on the street corner with a sign asking for help… but I didn't.
I wish I could say that I don't normally judge the homeless… but that's not true.
All I can hope is that the next time I see someone standing on the street holding a cardboard sign asking for help, I will not take it upon myself to judge if they should be living on the streets or not.
A simple revelation . that I will remember . thank you