A guard kicked out a homeless man sleeping on a bench in the cold in front of his employer’s office. But when his employer stepped out of the building at that point, the man froze in a daze, catching a glimpse of the beggar’s familiar face.
After Aaron Stewart ran from the orphanage, he couldn’t get a job. So the young man ended up on the streets and wandered the entire city, sometimes in search of money to keep him fed and occasionally a refuge where he wouldn’t be tossed out.
This was certainly not how Aaron had envisioned his adult life to be, but the money he collected by the end of every day was sufficient to keep his stomach full, and he didn’t expect anything more.
Aaron was kicked out by a security guard | Photo: Shutterstock
One morning, he was sitting on the sidewalk next to an office building. Several people were walking up and down the street, and in and out of the building, so he managed to get at least a penny. However, that certainly wasn’t sufficient for him. He only had a few cents in his pocket, and if he wasn’t planning to sleep hungry, he’d need a bit more.
As he sat there, hoping to collect more money, he noticed an older man in a tuxedo approaching him. He didn’t offer him money, unlike most of the other passers-by, but instead took a seat across from him and politely inquired, “Why are you sitting here? Isn’t it making you feel a little uneasy?”
Aaron looked around, perplexed, to see if the question was directed at him. He wasn’t used to having strangers speak to him. People usually passed him by with a look of pity or, more often, a look of rejection and disdain in their eyes.
So not knowing how to respond to the gentleman’s query, Aaron stayed silent. But the man spoke up again, “You know you’re young, and you can do much better. Don’t throw away your life like that!”
At this point, Aaron spoke up. “I don’t understand, sir. Are you making fun of me because you know how helpless I am?”
Aaron was sitting on the street, looking for alms | Photo: Shutterstock
“Certainly not, young man! All I’m saying is that everyone should have a goal in life. You know the ship will continue to walk on the waves, unsure of where it is going, until it crashes...
