Today our plan was simple, change oil in the car, go for a drive and get groceries, meet with a hay buyer, work around the yard and embrace life.
The Dao however had something different in mind for us.
The drive is about 50 miles. On track with plans we had an early start.
About 40 miles into the journey we see a person beside the road going the opposite way. He has a bicycle with a trailer loaded heavy and was standing beside the bicycle looking down.
I chose to connect with this person as we went past. I was very surprised by what I felt. I said to Keith, who was driving, "this person needs or wants our help, I do not know, I do not understand. If he is there when we go back we must stop." Keith replied, "Yes."
On the way back, about 1 hour time, he was in what looked liked the identical position he was in when we last saw him.
We stopped, I got out, I walked to him, bowed and asked if he was OK. He did not respond. I asked again and he replied softly, "I am fine." I said, " I am concerned for you, we passed by her before and seen you, you have not moved, would you like some water?"
He continued to look downward shuffling around in his belongings and showing me that he had all he felt he need to be OK.
I asked him where he was going and his destination was 115 miles away. He did not know how long it would take him to get there. I told him we wished to help and that our present journey goes another 40 miles, however, we do not know if we can get all he has into the RAV. He said he would really like to get down the road even if it was 5 miles to the next town. I told him that we really want to help and I would try to calculate a way to make things work to give him a ride.
For the first time he looked up from the ground at me and he could no longer hide his despair. I asked him to excuse me a moment to talk to Keith. I told Keith it is despair, he instantly got out of the car and we loaded all.
We got in, started driving and Keith asked me what the plan was. I replied, "I told him we are going 40 miles, his destination is 115 miles. Keith replied, "so then we are going 115 miles and laughed".
The person we picked up was tired and with despair. He was very somber, polite and constantly reassuring us that he was OK, would be OK and did not want to be a inconvenience to us.
When we got to the destination of where he wanted to be and dropped him off on the road, we made sure that he was aware he did not have to rush to unload. After unloading I told him we wished to spend a few moments with him to enjoy the beautiful day with him and convinced him to accept a gift of some of our groceries we picked up. He would only take 2 cans of ravioli.
When we went to leave, I bowed to him and said, "May peace be with you.", he looked up at me a second time and I watched despair leave his body. I bowed again.
When we went to drive away, he stood up straight, held his arm up high waving, and had a smile that radiated from his "Light Within" that literally formed a glow of love/light around his head. He has now found peace within again.
This ended up taking up most of the day and the rest of our plans did not happen. However, Keith and I both agree that their is nothing more important that we could have done today than to share what we have and help another find peace within once again.
May peace be with all.
NOTE: It is presently set in place that he will be seeing a doctor tomorrow even though he appears healthy to us.
