BleedGopher
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This kid gets it. Per his blog:
It’s taken me a little while to get my blog going because I’ve been contemplating how to do it the right way. I try to be excellent at everything that I do, my blog included. And then, after having an interesting experience that really got me thinking a couple days ago, I decided that I’ll be using this platform to share what I’m thinking and how I’m feeling about various topics.
So here’s what happened that inspired me to finally start blogging:
I was coming back from our training facility the other day around 4p.m. and stopped at Publix to pick up some groceries. When I got out of my car, a man in his late 30s/ early 40s comes up to me with a pair of jeans in his hand and starts telling me a whole crazy story. He says that he’s been out of jail for five months or so after being locked up for nine years, and that his girlfriend broke up with him and left him out on the street. It was a crazy story. Anyway, then he tells me that he went in the store to buy a $5 chicken meal, but they kicked him out because they thought he was trying to steal.
At this point I ask him if he’s telling me this story because he wants something to eat. He says yes, almost in a relieved way, that he’s really hungry and just wants some food. So I tell him to come inside with me and I’ll buy him something to eat. We’re standing at the deli counter and I ask him what he wants. He says he’d like two pieces of chicken. I was like, “That’s all you want? Look man, if you want something to eat, you need to eat until you’re full. You’re a grown man, I don’t think two pieces of chicken are going to fill you up, so get what you want.” He was really shy and hesitant about asking for more. So I went ahead and ordered him a 20-piece chicken meal with a drink and three sides. While we were waiting, he told me that he has two daughters and was trying to feed them too. When I handed him the food, he was just so thankful and appreciative…he had tears in his eyes. I could tell this man was seriously hungry.
Blog continues here: http://cedricthompson.sportsblog.com/posts/2852437/an-impactful-encounter.html
Go Gophers!!
It’s taken me a little while to get my blog going because I’ve been contemplating how to do it the right way. I try to be excellent at everything that I do, my blog included. And then, after having an interesting experience that really got me thinking a couple days ago, I decided that I’ll be using this platform to share what I’m thinking and how I’m feeling about various topics.
So here’s what happened that inspired me to finally start blogging:
I was coming back from our training facility the other day around 4p.m. and stopped at Publix to pick up some groceries. When I got out of my car, a man in his late 30s/ early 40s comes up to me with a pair of jeans in his hand and starts telling me a whole crazy story. He says that he’s been out of jail for five months or so after being locked up for nine years, and that his girlfriend broke up with him and left him out on the street. It was a crazy story. Anyway, then he tells me that he went in the store to buy a $5 chicken meal, but they kicked him out because they thought he was trying to steal.
At this point I ask him if he’s telling me this story because he wants something to eat. He says yes, almost in a relieved way, that he’s really hungry and just wants some food. So I tell him to come inside with me and I’ll buy him something to eat. We’re standing at the deli counter and I ask him what he wants. He says he’d like two pieces of chicken. I was like, “That’s all you want? Look man, if you want something to eat, you need to eat until you’re full. You’re a grown man, I don’t think two pieces of chicken are going to fill you up, so get what you want.” He was really shy and hesitant about asking for more. So I went ahead and ordered him a 20-piece chicken meal with a drink and three sides. While we were waiting, he told me that he has two daughters and was trying to feed them too. When I handed him the food, he was just so thankful and appreciative…he had tears in his eyes. I could tell this man was seriously hungry.
Blog continues here: http://cedricthompson.sportsblog.com/posts/2852437/an-impactful-encounter.html
Go Gophers!!