tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post4286858181776358341..comments2024-03-08T07:00:30.850-06:00Comments on Write From the Heart: Jumping to conclusionsLinda O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-15513740200353210962017-06-16T09:57:17.850-05:002017-06-16T09:57:17.850-05:00Sadly, in today's world one can quickly become...Sadly, in today's world one can quickly become jaded - something we must overcome.<br /><br />Pat<br />www.patwahler.comPat Wahlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138619912065680084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-29255456388249050992017-06-15T15:46:57.687-05:002017-06-15T15:46:57.687-05:00Well said. It's hard to know who to trust, but...Well said. It's hard to know who to trust, but at the same time you want to be kind and sympathetic. There are some in our area who are always panhandling. Like you say, for some it is a way of life.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865193802444007545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-86034100390062869682017-06-14T16:46:33.281-05:002017-06-14T16:46:33.281-05:00We have those scammer panhandlers here too - a way...We have those scammer panhandlers here too - a way of life for them, which is a shame. Like you said, best listen to your inner voice about those things. Karen Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-6042972303688907842017-06-12T20:54:27.704-05:002017-06-12T20:54:27.704-05:00Scammers abound these days. My Dad never gave mone...Scammers abound these days. My Dad never gave money to someone who said they were hungry. He'd take them to a nearby restaurant and buy them a meal. (This was before fast food.)<br /><br />Dad often told about the blind couple who worked the city subways. It was a way of life for them as well. Susan J. Reinhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461276857852409546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-78122801719466072192017-06-12T15:10:29.006-05:002017-06-12T15:10:29.006-05:00You are a good person, Linda. I too have been take...You are a good person, Linda. I too have been taken and it is hard to stay level when you feel someone is using you. I have learned there are places to help and angles that take under pretense. We all do the best we can!Bookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043111213031211794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-15551556441134286932017-06-12T12:39:09.378-05:002017-06-12T12:39:09.378-05:00Linda, when we had our computer shop in town, a bl...Linda, when we had our computer shop in town, a blind man - blind!- convinced us to give him a computer. Later someone came in to tell us he was at a store in a mall just south of us selling raffle tickets! Gosh, do you think he kept the money? We all get taken, but our hearts are in the right place - theirs aren't. God is watching. Susan Sundwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747706680849311882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-29860342480724016402017-06-12T08:14:05.965-05:002017-06-12T08:14:05.965-05:00You can't dwell on the generosity that was swi...You can't dwell on the generosity that was swindled, just know that you are sowing good seed and it is up to the recipient to make it grow. If we all stopped being charitable for being taken ..... there would be no charity left. We would be denied the joy of giving.Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-11560663111307081912017-06-11T23:11:11.253-05:002017-06-11T23:11:11.253-05:00Yes. Listen to your heart. Yours was in the right ...Yes. Listen to your heart. Yours was in the right place, even though a bit misguided.<br /><br />We don't get many panhandlers down here, but we have seen them occasionally near Walmart. One day my son The Pony made me stop as we exited the McDonald's parking lot. He took $20 out of his wallet, and handed it out the window to a guy sitting on the curb eating a Happy Meal. He had a cardboard sign that said he was a veteran down on his luck. And a scruff of whiskers, but not a beard.<br /><br />"It's my money, Mom, and I want him to have it." The guy took it, and said, "God bless you."<br /><br />We never saw him again, there or elsewhere.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-9908434741374279402017-06-11T20:56:30.977-05:002017-06-11T20:56:30.977-05:00Linda--Your post was poignant and funny/touching a...Linda--Your post was poignant and funny/touching at the same time.<br /><br />Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.com