September 23, 2005

• Well, yesterday I did my first good deed in way too long.  Now I'm not normally evil or anything, but I'm talking about actually sacrificing a bit of my time for the benefit of a stranger.  (Granted, I now imagine Screwtape whispering in my head... yeah, you did something good... you're so righteous...be PROUD of yourself... )  I've donated money for the people and pets affected by Katrina, but that's so impersonal, and I haven't had a chance to actually do something for them. 

  
  

  I was driving from work to meet my wife for dinner (around 4:45PM), and saw a boy walking down the median with a backpack (in 100 degree heat), looking with an exhausted hope at all the cars passing him by.  I pulled over and took him almost two miles down the road (in addition to the distance he must have already walked).  His usual ride couldn't pick him up and he was walking home, and had almost been hit by some sports car.  He looked to be in middle school, but I don't know of any schools in the area, so he must have been walking for quite a while.  He thanked me (probably for the AC as much as the ride) as I dropped him off in his neighborhood.

  
  

  I know it wasn't much, but I haven't spent time helping anyone (but me and my wife) since I volunteered to help at the Veterans for Peace rally in Dallas earlier in the summer (and they already had enough people helping out).  So to all reading this, try to do something for someone else this week, even if it's something simple and minor like helping a kid get home.  I'll going to be keeping my eyes open this week and try to do likewise. 

  
  

  Stargal01 has done so much for the hurricane victims of Katrina, and now she's stuck on the (inland) outskirts of Houston about to ride out Rita.  My prayers go out to her, my other college buddy who's riding out the storm with his pregnate wife and her family (also on the inland outskirts of Houston), and all others who weren't able to leave.

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