A man reflects on why he hesitates to help homeless people he encounters, even when he has given money and meals before. He asks what excuse or priority creates the "but" that stops him from doing more, and invites you to examine your own.
Good morning, everyone. Here is your Moment of Yes for today. Happy Tuesday to you. So the idea for today, your Moment of Yes, is something I'm thinking about. I'm just going to kind of put it out there to you guys because it's not like a really refined idea, but I just want to put it out there. And I know I've talked about there's a lot of homeless people in the area here where I'm living now, and I try to stop and I talk to them when I can and get to know them and understand their situation. And give them a few dollars when I can. I was with a friend last week and she bought this woman lunch that I've been regularly talking to and just getting a clear sense of how I can help and things like that. But I always kind of leave feeling that there's just more. There's more I can be doing or there's more that we should be doing. And as I was passing someone on the road the other day, another person that was begging, this idea just hit me like, what is more important? What am I possibly doing right now that is more important than talking to this person or helping this person or meeting their need? And did I stop and turn around and go talk to him? No. But it left this question in my head of what is so going on in our lives and what is sort of this pressure or this urgency or this rush that sort of our society makes us feel Like, oh, I would do more if I had time, or if I didn't have to get here, I would have more time. It makes me obviously think of the Good Samaritan in the Bible about everyone rushing around, rushing past people who are in need. And I'm not telling everyone to quit what you're doing right now and just go off and help people, or maybe I am. I don't know. I'm not saying anything. It's just I'm putting that question out there. What is it? What is it about the story or the stories that we create about our own life or about life in general that allows us to sort of turn and look the other way or say, I would love to help, but... What is that but? And so I'm just kind of sitting in that question right now. I don't have the answer, but I trust that, that, that you do for yourself, and, uh, I just wanted to put it out there. So that's your moment of yes for today, everyone. Have a wonderful day.
