So, last Thursday evening I was walking in SoHo to meet with a couple friends. It had started raining a bit earlier in the day and caught most people off guard. I was lucky because I was able to grab up one of the few extra umbrellas at the office before I left. So here’s the scenario - Me w/ umbrella walking in SoHo relatively dry. I’m about half a block from my destination when I see a girl waiting to cross the street. She’s stuck in the rain w/out an umbrella and trying her best to keep dry by hiding under the crosswalk sign. I turn to see what she’s doing, she turns to look at me with a slightly embarrassed smile on her face… That’s where it ends.
I kept walking, and now I feel bad. Been thinking about it for a couple days, and basically I should have given her my umbrella. Not because she was pretty or because I would have liked to have met her, but simply because she needed it a hell of a lot more than I did. I honestly don’t even like carrying an umbrella. So my resolution is to put an extra umbrella in my messenger bag (one of the cheap $5 ones that they sell on the street) and next time it rains like that I’m going to give it to a stranger in need. I know I could use the karmic boost.
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Keith