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<blockquote data-quote="Grimhelm" data-source="post: 3520199" data-attributes="member: 37079">My first thought was to take the woman and boy to a shelter, but I don't know where or if such a place exists in Columbus.&nbsp; The second woman probably needs help of another variety and is probably beyond anything you can do for her.&nbsp; These situations are especially frustrating and difficult because most of the time we want to do so much for these people, but due to circumstance can only accomplish very little.&nbsp; The appearance of the woman and her boy was just the tip of the iceberg, a symptom of much deeper problems that exist in her life that only she will ultimately be able to manage.To get really sappy on everyone now, I really feel that if we can show love and kindness to everyone throughout our lives that the world must change and become better as a result.&nbsp; You showed kindness and generosity.&nbsp; Could you have done more?&nbsp; Probably, but to what end?&nbsp; My feeling says that this woman was at the end of a very long road of ill treatment and lack of love and kindness, so one charitable deed wasn't likely to help her out all that much.&nbsp; I think the thing to do is take this experience and realize that the love that you show to people around you right now will prevent these things from happening to them in their lives.&nbsp; It is not likely to cure those in the situations you described, but it is certainly adequate vaccination for the people we can affect.I hope that makes some sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grimhelm, post: 3520199, member: 37079"] My first thought was to take the woman and boy to a shelter, but I don't know where or if such a place exists in Columbus. The second woman probably needs help of another variety and is probably beyond anything you can do for her. These situations are especially frustrating and difficult because most of the time we want to do so much for these people, but due to circumstance can only accomplish very little. The appearance of the woman and her boy was just the tip of the iceberg, a symptom of much deeper problems that exist in her life that only she will ultimately be able to manage. To get really sappy on everyone now, I really feel that if we can show love and kindness to everyone throughout our lives that the world must change and become better as a result. You showed kindness and generosity. Could you have done more? Probably, but to what end? My feeling says that this woman was at the end of a very long road of ill treatment and lack of love and kindness, so one charitable deed wasn't likely to help her out all that much. I think the thing to do is take this experience and realize that the love that you show to people around you right now will prevent these things from happening to them in their lives. It is not likely to cure those in the situations you described, but it is certainly adequate vaccination for the people we can affect. I hope that makes some sense. [/QUOTE]

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