Thursday, July 24, 2008

It's funny how not a single driver stops for a someone walking in the rain without an umbrella.

Actually, it's not funny at all. In this Adventist community, it's shocking, appalling, outrageous. There are so many other words to describe it, some of which are much worse than the ones here.

Is it so hard to pull over for a few seconds to let someone into the shelter of the car?

I mean, since the driver and pedestrian are going to the same place, why not, right?

As much as this provokes the ugly demon out of me, it also makes me think of what I would do if I was driving and saw someone caught in the rain, regardless of whether or not I consider myself an Adventist.

In fact, it has nothing to do with religion. It has everything to do with being human, and being a good one at that.

But the fact that we're supposed to be a God-loving and Christ-like people just puts the driver-not-stopping-for-pedestrain-in-the-rain situation in a whole new perspective, almost a sad one. We're supposed to different. We're supposed to be the ones that care when no one else does.

We're supposed to be the ones to stop for someone caught in the rain.

Or maybe I'm just too mad that I was the one walking in the rain with cars passing me by.

?dael had a question at 9:39 AM