October 01, 2009

Lady in Pink

I had probably one of the weirdest (if not THE weirdest) experiences yesterday evening. I had gone downtown to renew our vehicle registration (on the very last possible day, of course) and was making my way down to the Churchill LRT station when a Clareview train pulled up. As I was walking down the stairs and watching people get off, I noticed a woman hurry off the train and up the escalator who was only wearing a pink bra and underwear set and was trying to cover herself with a newspaper. As I watched her hurry away, all I could think in my stunned stupor was if I was really seeing what I thought I was seeing. It just totally blew my mind and I walked towards my train in a daze. The part that bothers me the most about this experience is that it didn't occur to me to offer the poor woman something to cover herself up with. I was wearing an extra layer (a long cardigan) that I could've offered to her, but that never even occurred to me until she was long gone. I don't want my mind to shut off when I see situations like that. I want to have the mind of Christ and immediately think of how I can help those in need. I feel like I failed. I really hope she's ok.

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