Homeless in Baltimore
18th March 09
I passed a homeless person in Baltimore - sign in hand, yesterday. I thought I should give her something, but she was across the median. I drove a bit down MLK Blvd and came to another stop. This time a homeless man, again with sign in hand. I found myself not able to look at him directly and the feeling of giving vanished. And it vanished to the point that I could not look at him. I immediately thought of Kamala and what she would have done. I thought, she’d be more like Buddha - coming out of the palace wall and upon seeing the person, would stop to give them something. I did not. I kept driving. I’m not sure what happened between the first person and the second, but I’m a bothered by it.
