Compassion?

I forgot this story… tonight I ran to the store. As I was walking in, there was an elderly lady standing there with the hood of her car open.

Well I stopped to ask if she was ok or needed any help? I don’t really know cars at all, I’m kinda girly girly and small, so I wouldn’t be much help… but just wanted to check and make sure she was ok.

Something was wrong with her transmission fluid… well we couldn’t fix it and she said she was going to call AAA.

As I said good bye and went on my way – she yelled after me, thank you! You are the only one who stopped to ask if I was ok or offered any help.

So here we are – with holidays coming … where is the compassion for others ? How do people not check on others ?

I understand people being leery of others – don’t want to be robbed or killed … me either – but was sad to see holidays approaching – here it is night time, and this little elderly lady with her hood up – obviously she had a problem.

So was just sad to hear no one else stopped. What happened to compassion? Or kindness? Have we forgotten that?