<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I had to stop drinking years ago,\u201d the homeless man replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWill you use it to go fishing instead of buying food?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I don’t waste time fishing,\u201d the homeless man said<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWill you spend this on hunting equipment?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre you NUTS!\u201d replied the homeless man<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI haven’t gone hunting in 20 years!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell,\u201d I said, \u201cI’m not going to give you money<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, I’m going to take you home for a shower and a terrific dinner cooked by my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The homeless man was astounded<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWon’t your wife be furious with you for doing that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most interesting part is right at the end of the story. To be continued\u2b07\u2b07\u2b07<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I smiled and said,
\u201cDon\u2019t worry about her. She won\u2019t be mad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still unsure, the homeless man hesitated, then finally agreed and got into the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the way home he asked,
\u201cSir, I have to ask\u2026 why are you doing this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I replied,
\u201cBecause it will make my wife very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we arrived, my wife saw the man, smiled warmly, and immediately started preparing a meal. After a hot shower and clean clothes, he sat at our table and ate like someone who hadn\u2019t had a real dinner in a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later that night, my wife pulled me aside and said,
\u201cI\u2019m so proud of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I asked,
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She answered,
\u201cBecause I got to see what you\u2019d look like if you ever stopped taking care of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moral:<\/strong> \u201cNo, I had to stop drinking years ago,\u201d the homeless man replied. \u201cWill you use it to go fishing instead of buying food?\u201d I asked. \u201cNo, I… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10642,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10638\/revisions\/10642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Sometimes kindness isn\u2019t just about helping others \u2014 it\u2019s also about reminding ourselves how easily life can change, and how much compassion really matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"