Fear/Caution vs. Compassion
Sometimes is scares me to think of what this world is coming to. Something happened yesterday night and it still bothers me. I don't know If I'm mad at myself or mad at the world for it. I do know that its easier to blame the world. Anyway heres what happened:
I was driving out to Kristen's and I saw a bunch of cars backed up on a road that shouldn't of been busy, they were all trying to drive around something. So I eventually got up to where these cars were and there was an old man in a wheelchair (he was crippled, I dont think he had any legs) and he was litterally trying to stop traffic by wheeling in front of cars and blocking their paths. People were just honking and driving around him. So I got up to where he was and he did the same thing, I couldn't really get around him. I couldn't bring myself to look into his eyes, I did however meet eyes with him for a few seconds. Then I finally forced my way around him.
My first reaction was annoyance that he was blocking traffic, but I thought about it again, maybe I should have helped him, but I didn't because I was scared. The world has become so 'cautious' that we place our caution and fear in front of kindness and compassion. I regret not stopping and seeing what he needed but I could almost guarantee that if I was put in the exact same situation again that I still wouldn't stop. You just can't trust anything in the world anymore. Its becoming a sad place to live.
I was driving out to Kristen's and I saw a bunch of cars backed up on a road that shouldn't of been busy, they were all trying to drive around something. So I eventually got up to where these cars were and there was an old man in a wheelchair (he was crippled, I dont think he had any legs) and he was litterally trying to stop traffic by wheeling in front of cars and blocking their paths. People were just honking and driving around him. So I got up to where he was and he did the same thing, I couldn't really get around him. I couldn't bring myself to look into his eyes, I did however meet eyes with him for a few seconds. Then I finally forced my way around him.
My first reaction was annoyance that he was blocking traffic, but I thought about it again, maybe I should have helped him, but I didn't because I was scared. The world has become so 'cautious' that we place our caution and fear in front of kindness and compassion. I regret not stopping and seeing what he needed but I could almost guarantee that if I was put in the exact same situation again that I still wouldn't stop. You just can't trust anything in the world anymore. Its becoming a sad place to live.