![]() And you were so disappointed that they were already gone. This is just not possible because you had checked three times as you cleaned your car since they were just bought the day before. It was completely empty. How could this be? You try to remember if you could be mistaken. To your surprise - they are there! You do a double-take and feel them a couple of times. Out of habit, you reach for the small compartment above your head for the sunglasses. You are relieved to know that they have a conscience. You walk downstairs to your completely empty car, with a broken window to take it to the shop. You remind yourself that this is a part of living in downtown, and this is not personal. You will not allow your heart to close-up and become small by something so tiny, and stupid as this. The next day, you feel dreadful that you had this thought. In your sleepiness, you decide that you will get a bolt on your door, so no one can break-in. ![]() ![]() You get up at night and check it once again. As you enter your apartment, you make sure that the door is locked in case they took your address. You wonder how you can contribute to a world where no one is lacking for what they really need.Īlthough your heart forgives this person, your mind is cautious and it doesn’t want to be caught off-guard again. You wonder how you and your society have contributed to this person who feels the need to break a car window to get some change. You feel grateful for everyone in your life, and for constantly being wrapped in their love. They would also know that it would not feel good to receive an unwarranted unkind act like this. If they did, they would know the joy that an unexpected kindness brings to the heart. This person probably does not know how it feels to truly receive something. You stop all your activity because it dawns on you that no one must have ever done a random act of kindness for this person. People use these to do random acts of kindness and leave the card behind to ask the recipient to pay-it-forward to others. You sweep the last pile of glass into a dustpan and pick up a “smile card” that had fallen on the floor from your car. You hope they come out of their current situation, and almost wish they had stolen some of the good CD’s, maybe the chants - because they need it more than you do. And if they’re already having issues, they can’t afford any more karmic debt. You wish you could sit them down and tell them not do this because these things have a way of getting back at us karmically. As you imagine their life, in all your fury, you try not to curse them in your mind because they probably have it bad enough as it is. ![]() They also must’ve been really scared because they did it in a hurry, not even bothering to close the doors afterward. Since there was nothing that was visible in the car, they really took a chance in breaking the window to see what they could find. What else is there to take? You empty it of all your scattered belongings and leave it unlocked, so anyone who wants to get in doesn’t need to struggle.Īs you are cleaning, you can’t help wonder what type of a person would do this? Aside from being thoughtless and having no concern for other people’s properties, they would have to be desperate, or possibly homeless. The car with the broken window will be safe in your unsafe parking lot. When the best price is an hour away and first available appointment a couple of days away, you tell yourselves that it will be fine. You call the auto shops to find out how much the damage would cost, and how quickly they can take a look. Slowly separating what you want to keep from what to toss into the trash bin. Could it have been worth it for them? Instead of attending a lunch for two friends, who just moved to the area, you spend the afternoon cleaning up shards of glass from the car. Seeing your private stuff lying all over the parking lot makes you want to yell at someone, or hide and be cautious of every person you come across in the building.Īll they took was some change, garage remote, few minor things, and a pair of inexpensive sunglasses that I had just bought. They broke a rear window and a small part of my heart. ![]()
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