I DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE

Don't Judge People By Their Past Recently, I met a friend whom I had not seen for over 2 decades. I was so excited about seeing my old buddy that the first thing I said after greetings was that I needed a cup of tea. My idea was to have chat over a cuppa tea. But you see, my old friend saw me through the lens of what he knew of me ages ago. Then, my main worry was where the next glass (not bottle, but glass AND certainly NOT of tea) would come from. So he thought I was asking for a handout to go and quench my thirst. He actually handed me a 50 bob note AND even before I could protest or explain, he became "too busy" for a cup of tea with me, explaining he was meeting someone urgently. Later on, I met another friend who went to explain that he had earlier met our "mutual" friend who had come to see him about a small loan of 3k. Unfortunately, he could not be assisted due to "wrong timing". The amazing thing is that, had my long-lost friend sat down with me earlier on and disclosed his predicament, I would have easily helped him FOR when we met, I had just left the ATM over 15K richer and whatever I had intended to do with the money could be postponed indefinitely. BUT he preferred seeing me through the old lens. I would have told him that I DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE and that God redeems, even the worst of the prodigal sons.