I was meditating outside when a homeless man came up to me and asked me if I was okay.
He had no idea what a gift he gave me. That gift of kindness was worth more to me than the large sum of money that I gave him when he asked me to buy something for him to eat was worth to him. That kindness was worth all the gold in the world.
He was begging for food. He was homeless. And he said something to me about health problems.
And yet he made it. He was fine. He had made it through it all.
And yet he had not only made it, through all that, but he had enough strength to give me a gift of kindness.
If he can make it, so can you.
If my new friend can make it through hunger and homelessness, than you can make it too.
Seneca said that we should practice feeling what it is like to live in poverty, every so often, for then we will not be afraid of it. That we should practice preparing ourselves to face hardship, so that we will know that we can and will make it. For then we will not be afraid.
My new friend made it through homelessness and hunger and health problems.
If he can make it, so can you.
Do not be afraid.
For whatever you go through, someone has made it through something similar and just as bad.
If they can make it, so can you.
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson.