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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

A Opportunity Overlooked

My morning was a typical one for me.  Dragging myself out of bed, getting a cup of coffee, getting ready for work, rush, rush, rush. 

And, typically, I hopped in my car and headed to work.  As I was sitting at a red light, I noticed a woman hauling a couple of large containers of dirty laundry to the nearby laundry mat.  She actually walked right in front of me.

The whole time I'm remembering how I had to do that.  (Once, I actually hauled my dirty laundry to my parent's house on foot...almost a mile.) 

I felt bad for her.

As soon as the light turned green I went through.

Then, within seconds I felt bad about not helping her.  Geez, I could have offered her a ride.  It wouldn't have made me late and she probably would have been grateful...at least for the offer.

God gave me an opportunity to serve someone else and in my rush I completely missed it. 

::sigh::

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