Today I was walking to the Metro after my rehearsal, and I passed a homeless woman, standing on the side of the sidewalk against a store front. She had a foot up on an upside-down empty milk crate, she was wearing a dirty Santa hat, and she had a small Dixie cup-type-cup in her hand. She was shaking the cup, and it sounded like there were a couple of coins in the bottom of it.
As I got near her, I could hear her talking...and her words ended up being one of the best things I had heard all day. She said:
"Please make a donation to help the homeless! Help the homeless wtih a donation. Your donation COULD probably could feed a few homeless people."
(pause)
(pause)
"But it will PROBABLY just feed me. Thanks."
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Sadly, I didn't have any cash in my pocket. But if I had, she TOTALLY would've gotten some. I liked her flare. I appreciated her honesty.
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