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It's been a long day

Walking back to the office from lunch I saw a man sitting at the curb on broadway and 32nd with a sign that read: I'm homeless and I'm all alone, please help.
He wasn't even begging, just sitting, staring at the ground, holding his sign, next to a garbage bag full of his belongings. I emptied my pockets into his hands and told him I was sorry I couldn't do more for him. He thanked me, and called me an angel. And I walked back to the office thinking about all the people I know who have so much more money to give than I could ever dream of, but would have walked past that man without seeing him.

In the elevator back up to the office I almost cried while thinking, "I know what it's like to live so close to death you become invisible."

22:54 - 13 August 2007

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