Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries.
She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they […]

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At first glance she looked like any other old woman. Plodding along in the
snow, alone, neglected, head bowed. People passing on the busy city sidewalk
averted their eyes, lest she remind them that pain and suffering did not stop
to celebrate Christmas.
A young couple, smiling, talking, laughing, arms loaded with Christmas
presents, took no notice of the old […]

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Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One night I took a fare at 2:30 am , when I arrived to collect, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once.
But I had seen too many impoverished […]

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