Goodwill and humanity

This is a two part entry…mostly because I didn’t want to have to open two new blank documents. Lazy me…so I’ll start with the one that makes me look good. During “The blizzard of ‘05” (as it has been named…idiotic, but I’ll save that for a different entry…Damn, that makes 3 blank documents.) here in Massachusetts, when the plow-guys were doing what they could to make the streets better for us, they accidentally knocked over a light in the parking lot across the street. The light has been laying on the ground ever since. It’s about a 20 foot pole, and an industrial light. I noticed that the wires coming out of the ground were completely exposed. Since nobody else seemed to care about the safety of Holbrook’s children, I was the one that ended up taping the wires so the conductors would not be exposed. Not for money, but for humanity.

My second point is about a dead cat. I was walking down the street today, and I came across a very dead cat that had obviously been placed on top of the snow bank. It didn’t look mangled, but it had dried blood in its ears, and the only thing I could think of, was that he was hit on his head by a car. Notice how the driver of the car, or a passer-by took the time to retrieve the cat, and place it on the side of the road to avoid it being mangled. A nice gesture, I think, so that the owners of the cat may realize the fate of their cat, and know that it will never come home. Also, if the owners have to find the cat dead, at least the cat is in respectable condition, instead of being smeared, splattered and plastered to the asphalt. We would never do that for a squirrel, or an otter, or the many other animals that become road kill. It is this example of humanity, and the instinct of caring that I wish to point out to you. The so-called killers didn’t have to stop and move the animal to the side of the road, but almost always, when a pet is killed by a car, the driver of the car, or another passer-by will bring the pet to the side of the road. Possibly, because they would hope the same dignity for their own pet. It reminds me what social creatures we are, and restores a little of my faith in humanity. I hope it does the same for you.

Don’t let the pure robbery of the government, the church, and the profiteers get in your way of picking your fellow up. If you have more money than you know what to do with, use some of it to help an able-bodied and willing man or woman change their life for the better. If you have nothing to offer but a respectful hello, and a little eye contact, then give that. It’s better than nothing.