You da man

I was at this event and next to me was this man. My best description of him would be a short, homeless, homely John Lennon. He was late 40's to early 50's and maybe 4 feet tall. He had long, stringy, dirty blonde hair just a little shorter than shoulder length. He would use his fingers to gather his bangs and tuck them behind his ears about every 5 minutes. He had small, horizontally oval, wire rimmed glasses with old thick lenses that looked to be half as useful as they once were. His face was scraggly, not bearded but certainly unshaven. He was wearing blue jeans in that 90's splotchy bleach or white washed style and a thick solid blue jean jacket that as he swung it around to his back smelled of musty thrift shop. I don't know the man. I don't know if he was homeless, poor and if he walked to the event by himself.

There was a variety of people at the event. Business people, teens, mothers and general middle class workforce were in attendance, all of which certainly appeared to have a much higher income than this man. Yet he attended the event not wavered by this. I am not exactly sure why this man caught my attention! Maybe it was my slight infatuation with John Lennon and their eerie similarities, but what impacted me the most was that as baskets were passed through the event to raise money for the cause of the event, he grabbed a handful of change from his pocket, maybe at a max of $2, and placed it in the basket! This happening after I placed absolutely nothing in the basket myself before passing it to him! I can tell you, however, what I saw was a beautiful thing! That man gave more out of what he didn't have then what everyone else gave from what they had! His gift certainly didn't change the world, but he gave anyway! He actually cared about the well being of others even when it appeared that he would be most in need! Find something that you care about like that. Give to that whether it's $2 or $2,000! Give and be a part of something beautiful as we, collectively, make a difference in the world!