It Was Just
An Alms
Poorly
clothed, a man was drawing a full, very
heavy garbage cart slowly, straining, with all his efforts as a lean horse. I
made up my mind and returned and gave him a ten thousand rupiah note - that’s
just about one dollar - to buy himself perhaps something to eat. He smiled. But
as I was home again. I regretted. was ashamed of myself that I just gave him an
alms. Perhaps it were far better that I kept up my thump as my respect in honor
to him which is certainly worth far more. He will have his selfrespect and wont
feel him self so poor, so low as a beggar.
January 2012
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