Saturday, February 1, 2014

Kindness and Parking Spaces

"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others."
― Albert Schweitzer

Earlier today, I parked in metered parking along the street of a commercial area.  After I put my money in the meter, a woman who was parked inside a lot said, "You know you could park here for free."  "Really?" I said, somewhat incredulously because in this particular municipality, there is no free parking.  The woman insisted.  "Next time, " I said.  I thanked her and continued walking -- past a sign that said the lot was municipal parking and one needed to pay seven days a week/24 hours.  Nonetheless, I appreciated the woman's kindness.  She had reached out and tried to help.

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