Just around a week ago I ended up having a conversation with a stranger that was very enlightening.
I was in the park on a nice and sunny day soaking in the sun and eating my lunch while on a break from lunch.
Midway through my lunch a stranger came up to me and asked me if I had any spare change. He seemed nice enough so I offered for him to sit down next to me and enjoy the weather we were having. After a few minutes of small talk and pleasantries I proceeded to ask the man why he needed money and this old man proceeded to inform me that he was a former HVAC repair tech who ended up having serious back problems and was no longer able to work. Because this poor fellow had worked as an HVAC man since he was sixteen years old his back problem was not going to get any better without tons of surgery and therapy which he could not afford, and he was not in a state where he could get a new job either. I felt so bad for this poor former HVAC tech that I ended up giving him half of my sandwich and even offered to put in a good word for my boss on a desk job where his back wouldn’t be much of a problem. It seems like these strange encounters happen to me more often than your average person, but if I am able to end up helping this former HVAC man out of a bad situation then it is no trouble to me.
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