September 29, 2010 – well I must say, I have been less than diligent with the blog since I last posted. We have both been busy, Floyd with work and me with a slide presentation of our bike ride this year. Both very time consuming! So we leave to go back to the U.S. tomorrow and this will be my last post for the month. Sorry.
I would like to leave you with a tender thought that was in the newspaper here recently. It read:
Biker runs over rich man’s kid – a blessing in disguise
A businessman from Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, whose daughter was knocked down by a motorcyclist, gave up the idea of claiming compensation from the culprit, and instead, gave him 1,700 yuan ($250 USD).
On Sunday, Cheng Zhiwei set out to trace the biker who rammed into his daughter and fled the scene. The aim was to get the culprit to pay the girl’s medical bills, which ran up to a few thousand yuan.
On tracing the perpetrator, surnamed (last name) She, to his shabby home in the outskirts of the city, Cheng didn’t have the heart to ask him for money.
She, in his 30’s, does a few odd jobs to support his ailing parents. He isn’t married because he can’t afford to feed another mouth.
Feeling sorry for the family, Cheng handed She all the money he had in his pocket and promised to help him financially in the future.
Cheng told the family he too was born to a very poor family. (Yangtze Evening News)
Sometimes it takes a “tragedy” to put things in perspective. Kind of makes you stop and think. Until November, good bye.
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