Err on the Side of Compassion

While approaching a stoplight, on our way to the mall, we saw a guy standing on the corner with a sign that had some sort of "down and out" message. Wordlessly, I handed Brent a ten. Now I must insert here, before going on, that Brent and I both -- as a rule -- hand out cash when we come across this type of situation, BUT on this day, Brent said, "What if he's scamming us?" I just said, "Here." And laid the ten down on his knee. Brent looked over at me and said, "Err on the side of compassion?" and I replied, "Of course." And we did.

You see, there really is no way to know if you're being scammed or not. But I'd rather it be true that because I chose to be compassionate, I was scammed than because I chose to be distrustful, I missed an opportunity to extend compassion to a hurting soul.

Ok. So now I've gone and created a blog...

Ok. So now I've gone and created a blog. Somehow I ended up here because I wanted to follow someone else's blog. Now I'm gonna have to start writing. But first I need to have some amazing thoughts. Hmmmm....