walk around the lake

So, I was in Orlando for these meetings and we were given an hour in the middle of the day for lunch. I didn't much care about lunch, I just wanted to be outside...to walk around and enjoy the sunshine that I hadn't seen in a great while. One day I decided to walk around the "lake" behind the hotel where the meetings were. I was there to enjoy the day and take pictures of whatever captured my fancy. I passed several homeless people and all I wanted to do was sit and talk to them...so I did. I sat down introduced myself and asked about their situation. Rick was content to just roll his cigarettes and read his book, I wished I had a great book to leave with him. John was more inclined to conversation and told me all about his recent job loss and current circumstances. He told me that they charged $1 for each night he stayed at the homeless shelter and sometimes he couldn't manage the dollar, so he had to sleep outside. I looked down at my shoes and rekoned that they likely cost more than all his worldly possessions that were now reduced to a bright blue bin at his feet. I asked if I could pray with him and he probably thought I was crazy, but he agreed. I then asked if I could contribute to his housing fund and he said he would be greatly blessed. I suppose I am a little crazy; I talk to strangers on the street and have been known to pick up hitch hikers. Maybe I am a little too trusting, but this is the very thing that gets me places others cannot go. And gives me a duty to do what I can. I looked around and saw so many fancy vehicles and a doggy day-spa, and yet all around there were people hungering to be seen. I need to do more to live simply. Let me never get so busy that I stop seeing people.