Verse of the day- Psalm 23:1 "The lord is my shepherd, I shall not want" (Selah)
Hi People,
Today my post is the about the 8th wonder of this world "The evil in the heart of men" be it a lie or some form of deceit. Fact still remains there is way too much evil going on and may God help us all amen.
In that light, I just have to ask this question with the voice of Vic O " WHY all these evilzz?". Why is it that a sister cannot walk down the street anymore without being lied to? It really confuses me sometimes when I see beggars with hands and legs asking you for money (not that I don't sympathise with them) but I just think we all have same legs and hands and we can choose to do what we want with it.
Don't get me wrong, I know it is easier for some because of their background/family support setting etc. But overall, what just annoys me is when you give money out of a good heart to beggars and then you find out you have been played in the process or they throw the money back in your face (especially Nigerian beggars, they are known for that nonsense).
I remember once I was walking to get some groceries, I had this guy stop me to ask for help with some money to get an Oyster card, he mentioned the Police had already picked on him that day as he didn't have money to travel around so he had jumped on a train without a ticket, got caught and was penalised. Anyway if I am honest the story he gave me was not really adding up to me, but he did look distressed so I decided to help.
He couldn't have been more than 20+ years old, wearing a rough shirt and tailored grey trousers. From experience I knew better than to give random people money but as I was in a hurry, I gave him some money to get an Oyster card. Fast forward 30mins later on my way back from the grocery store, guess who I saw again? Same guy and he was telling exactly the same story he told me to this other woman who was pushing a buggy. At that point I really wanted to slap myself for trusting him but then remembered my face deserved better lol. So I decided to go and stand next to the woman and give him the look:
The minute he saw me he just froze mid sentence in shock, turned and ran away, I was so pissed. I then explained to the lady what had happened and she thanked me and walked away.
Precisely 3 months later, this same guy walks up to me and tells me the same story again (this time I had changed my hairstyle so I don't think he recognised me) ohhh i was tempted to give him a slap then pick the race of my life but I knew he would probably catch me and that wouldn't be a nice ending so i just parked that thought to the side gently like a lady should.
But I had to ask myself hang on, am I wearing a "Mugun" poster on my forehead or something?". Anyways I knew what to do so I said to him "Come with me let me give you something." I was simply walking him towards the policemen standing by the corner of the mall to verify his story with them but something must have clicked because all of a sudden he stopped and ran away again.
I just thought to myself, these are the kind of people that abuse the heart of a good Samaritan.
With this kind of situation do you keep giving random beggars money or do you just buy them exactly what they need? Or not even give at all.
At least I have learnt that if a story is not adding up, "Biko start subtracting mentally" lol.
Be Good. Live, laugh and love. Just Bae |
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