Why do you try so hard to break my spirit?
I want to tell you how my day went.
It was nice, spent some of the day studying, some more of it in an exam, some of it watching Six Feet Under and some of it playing warcraft...
Heres where my day had an unexpected turning point. I went to coles, this is how poor i am (welcome to the land of student poverty), i have $2 to buy milk with, so i get a 1L carton of coles savings milk hoping it will last until at least friday. that cost $1.29 so i get 70c change.
I'm walking past the designated old guy selling poppies for Rememberence day (this saturday, ignorant fucks). I give him the 70c knowing it wasn't enough to buy a poppy but i said it was ok and that he could have it, and still this old guy was going to give me a $2 fucking poppy for the 70c i gave him.
I could've cried.
I didn't, i'm not a complete pussy all the time.
The point is, this man has probably, at one stage in his long life, served for our country, but is still willing to give me a poppy in support of rememberence day.
Why are our generations so fucked up? I wish we were all like that old guy. I gave him the poppy back and i walked off with a smile, feeling as though for at least that moment, i might not be going to hell after all...
Edit:
Then i thought if i had've kept the poppy i would've scammed the RSL out of $1.30. Whoops, my bad, back to hell i go.
posted by Shadbolt @ 11:48 pm
4 Comments:
aww, that was really sweet of him. Theres this one old man who sits at highpoint seeling them. I wanted to get one but i didn't have any money. Once I had some i walked over to his spot and he had already left. The sad thing is he sat there for days and i didn't see anyone by one and now i havn't seen him since.
Yeah that is sad. I don't know what it is, but there's this type of old man that really makes me want to do something good in the community.
Probably has something to do with my lack of a grandfather.
I see them and they look so tired, but they're still doing some good, where so many of us nowadays just don't give a fuck.
I never give money to charities or tin rattlers, except the red cross calling, good friday appeal and rememberence day. doesn't make up all the shit i do, say and think, but i'm doing more than some people.
I always give money. even when im planning to spend it on something else. In fact ive given money i had put aside for fuel before and just put like 10 dollars in instead of 50 (which fills my tank) and didnt drive anywhere other than work that week. does that mean i will do to heaven?
I seriously doubt theres anything you could do that would stop you from going to heaven, you are so awesome, loving, caring and forgiving, i think i'll have to make up a statue or a stained glass window for you called "Saint Tara of Gormania"
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