breakthrough
moments
in understanding life
and myself
65 I walked on by
A woman was standing on a curb, wait-
ing for the light to change. On the oppo-
site curb was a girl of about 17.
The woman couldn’t help but notice that
the girl was crying. In fact, her grief was so
great that she made no effort to hide it.
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At that moment the light changed. Each
started across the street. As they were
about to meet, the womanwanted to reach
out and comfort the girl. At the last minute,
however, she passed her by.
Hours later the pain-filled eyes of that girl
continued to haunt the woman. “Why
didn’t I turn, fall in step with her, and say,
‘Honey, can I help?’ But I walked on by.
"Sure, she might have rejected me. So
what! Only a few seconds would have
been lost. But they would have been
enough to let her know that she cared.
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