It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was _______ back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: "Don't give money to panhandlers." So I ______ my head and kept walking.
I wasn't prepared for a _____, but with resignation, he said, "I really am ________ and I really am hungry! You can come with me and ______ me eat!" But I kept on walking.
The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a buck or two even if he had been lying. On a frigid, cold night, no ____, I assumed the worst of a fellow human being.
Flying back to Anchorage, I ________ ________ thinking of him. I tried to rationalize my failure to help by assuming government agencies, churches and charities were there to ______ him. Besides, you're not supposed to give money to panhandlers.
I wasn't prepared for a _____, but with resignation, he said, "I really am ________ and I really am hungry! You can come with me and ______ me eat!" But I kept on walking.
The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a buck or two even if he had been lying. On a frigid, cold night, no ____, I assumed the worst of a fellow human being.
Flying back to Anchorage, I ________ ________ thinking of him. I tried to rationalize my failure to help by assuming government agencies, churches and charities were there to ______ him. Besides, you're not supposed to give money to panhandlers.