"Good evening! My name is Xxx. I'll be taking care of you tonight."

[lunatica]

6. I was a hard working waitress for years

It taught me to be kind to all people. I've always remembered how good it felt when someone was kind to me and when I was treated like a human being. It meant more than the tips did, and I certainly worked for tips because I had a baby and was a single parent.

Today I always make sure to have a stash of one dollar bills always available in my cup holder in the car. Every homeless person at stop lights I go through gets a couple of dollars. And every single time I talk to them, saying things like "Take care of yourself", And if I know the next day is going to have bad weather, like rain, I let them know.

Some of them recognize me and give me a big smile and thank you. They light up at the site of my face because they know I always have a couple of dollars for them and a kind word.

It's so simple to take a moment to "recognize" them as being human beings who happen to be down on their luck. And now more and more I see older women and men needing help.

I consider this as an opportunity to pay back the kindnesses done to me in my life, and to pay forward so others feel they are seen as human beings.