Second Thoughts

I should have invited the man sitting on the sidewalk to lunch. But I wanted to read a document in preparation for what I would be writing this afternoon. Irony (?): having lunch alone to gather my thoughts for an assignment that would result in a "deliverable" that would aid two parties reach an agreement that (in an ideal world) would help many Aboriginal people OR buy the Aboriginal man sitting on the sidewalk a lunch and help one person in a very real way. So, I passed on the opportunity to immediately help an individual believing the time would be better spent working on helping a group. I think I made a mistake. I think it is really about helping from the sidewalk up...