keep on truckin' Area

Hello Area
So, I've been looking through blogs for the past few days and noticing a general sense of malaise and dissatisfaction with the world. Now, don't get me wrong, I'd be the first to agree,I know the feeling and it can be hard to pull yourself out.
Well, Nicole asked if anyone could restore her faith in humanity. That is quite a task and I'm sure that I cannot! However, I do think it's important to remember that all of these awful things come from somewhere. Things usually have a cause and if you took every awful act any human ever committed and traced it back through their lifetime and experience, you'd probably find a reason. Finding a reason is important, it may not make you feel a whole lot better about the awful things we are bombarded with every single day, but maybe it'll help you to keep on truckin' till you do!
Anyway, reading those blogs led me to look up this website which is a nice reminder not only that people can be good but that we all struggle with surviving and with what it means to do the right thing, if we didn't, we wouldn't be people, two sides to every coin...actually I'm sure we all have a lot more than two but anyway here's the website, and here's one of the stories I found on it.

Random Acts

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"A Gas Station Gift I Couldn't Afford

--posted by bubbie on Jul 26, 2008

Just recently, there was a man standing near the islands in the gas station when I pulled in. I had recognized him from before, when I saw him trying to cross 4 lanes of traffic with crutches. He still had his crutches with him.

When I got out of the car he politely asked me if he could pump my gas. I said, no thank you and continued on. I started to notice he asked other people the same question, and I realized he was doing it for money, but he wasn't getting any. As I looked at him, he seemed genuinely worn out and running low on energy.

As I passed by him to go inside, he smiled and commented on how hot it was. I agreed, and asked him if he had walked here. He said yes, he is trying to get donations to be able to keep him and his sick wife in a hotel, because thats the only place left for them, besides the street. I went inside the gas station grabbed a couple of cold waters, and went back outside.

As I approached him and handed him the water, he looked at me with teary eyes, then I handed him the change from a twenty. He looked back at me and said, "God Bless You."

My heart felt so good!

I really couldn't afford to give him what I did, but by golly, at least I have the luxury of knowing where I'll be every night. Most people will call me a sucker and I gave into a bum.

I don't believe that. I did what I thought was right."