Submitted by: Wendy Ann Herschel Schwarz
Whilst living in South Africa, I would stop at the same convenience store every day after work. There was always a group of children gathered outside asking for food, so every day I was there I bought them a few loaves of bread and Maas.
Do what you can, when you can.
This went on for about 16 years until I moved away. On a recent visit to East London, I was stopped at a robot when a young man tapped on my window. Normally I would ignore it, but this day I opened my window.
The man told me that he was one of the kids that I had fed every day and he was proud to tell me that he was well and had a job and a family.
I recall how often people had shouted at me for feeding the beggars and encouraging them. I was happy that I had ignored them…a little kindness can make all the difference in someone’s life.
Do what you can, when you can.
