A Moment of Compassion

This little girl was selling flowers at a traffic signal when a businessman’s car stopped nearby.

As she leaned forward, one flower brushed against his expensive coat and left a stain.

The man snapped, shouted at her, and waved her away angrily. When the light turned

green, he threw a few coins on the road and drove off. Later that week,

the girl saw the same man walking with an older gentleman who turned out to be his company owner.

She approached the owner and offered him flowers politely. He smiled and asked why she wasn’t in

school. With trembling hands, she pointed to her younger brother sleeping on the

footpath, saying their parents had died and she had to feed him. At that moment,