A couple of weeks ago, I had an experience that has stayed with me because it bothers me. I was working out at the park. Had finished my track work & was in the section where the monkey bars, slides, etc. are located. This is where the pull-up bars, rings, dip bars, etc. are located. I make it a habit to not workout in that section when children are there. This is why I like working out early in the morn, or if I have a late start to my day, when kids are supposed to be in school. So, this particular day, Im working out in that section. Jad just come down from hanging upside down on the monkey bars. [Something I do to reverse gravitational pull on my body while stretching and also, to do upside down sit-ups.] I notice a little girl with a backpack, about 7, 8...maybe 9, wearing a school uniform, walking slowly off of the track, into the area where I and one other guy were working out. Mind you, this little girl should not be out here alone for a myriad of reasons, including the fact that she should be in school. Its about 10 or 11 am. Instinctively, I go to approach her. While walking towards her...I hesitate. Why? Because in that second, I calculated what could go wrong. If the girl starts crying and/or screaming...what will that make me look like? If I speak to her and send her on her way and, later, she turns up missing...who will they look at? Me! If I speak to her and send her on her way...and she turns up missing...how will I feel about myself? If I dont say anything to her...and something happens to her...how will I feel about myself? If...if...if...IF! So I stop! Im stuck. Literally stuck inside my head which cause me to physically stop! Standing there! Contemplating...knowing the right thing is to approach her...but is that the best thing? Stuck because I KNOW THAT I WOULDNT WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF BEING SUSPECTED OF BEING A CHILD MOLESTER OR MURDERER. A woman, jogging, stops. Kind of looks at the scene and calls out to the little girl Why arent you in school? She then approaches her, questions her, and walks with her, presumably, to her school. I say to the woman, I wanted to ask her that. The other guy, who was also working out, peeped the whole thing. He KNEW that I had entered The Twilight Zone. And knew why! We conversed about it. What kind of world do we live in...where ones who want to do right...cant or almost cant? ~smh~
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:12:01 +0000
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