Act of Kindness or Not?

I have always struggled with this situation on whether or not it is an act of Kindness. When approached by someone that obviously has a drug or alcohol problem, perhaps homeless, that is begging for money, should I give them some money or not? Am I being kind to them when I am almost positive that they will use that money for their addiction? I know, initially, it will relieve their pain but when looking at the overall picture, am I not just adding to their problem? And how do you know for sure that they aren't going to use it for food? I would love to hear someone else's perspective on this.

Status

I am finally healing from my rib injury. Still not taking any chances though because the last time I thought I was healed I re-injured it. Feeling pretty good physically, I have more energy and have lost a few pounds. I need to get more reps in for my forms however.

Doctor knows best

Well, I'm a stubborn German but I should know better. I should always listen to my doctor. I have some torn cartilage under my ribs which is quite painful. Initially, I gave myself a three day
rest and I thought it was healed. Then when we were doing reno's at the kwoon, I must have tugged one too many times and re-injured it. It kills me that I can't keep up with my situps and pushups. So, I knew situps were too painfull and couldn't do those, so I tried leg raises. They seemed not too bad. I also did some pushups that seemed not too bad. However after two to three days of no improvement, I realized, I am not going to heal unless I do what the doctor told me to and rest. Even though it is bothering the heck out of me that I will have all these situps and pushups to make up eventually, I have resigned to the fact that I have to rest to get better.

Smile from a stranger

I was driving home yesterday and was nearing my turnoff which was a right handed turn. The light was red and there was a car in front of me waiting to go straight. The driver saw my signal light to turn and moved ahead a little so that I could get by and do my turn. I thought, that was nice of you, so when I moved forward, I caught the eye of the driver and waved and smiled as to say thank you. It was an older lady and she smiled and waved back. That made my day! It's all too often that people get in their cars and lose personal contact with others. They think the car is an exstention of themselves and turn into completely different people. I still smile when I think of it.

Little bumps in the road

Overall, I consider myself pretty healthy, however, I seem to be plagued with a few minor setbacks like a sprained ankle and now a pinched nerve. It makes me realize that this UBBT requires full attention to your fitness. This pinched nerve has put my situps and pushups on hold for a day. That's 150 of each that I am going to have to make up somewhere. I do feel better though now that I can do more at one time, so I guess this is the hardest part of the training. I have sore muscles but feel good about myself for the daily accomplishments.

So far so good

Well my muscles are not hurting anymore and I am starting to be able to do more reps at one time. It's making life much easier. I am so glad that our UBBT will be getting together on Thursday evening because I can never make it for open training on Saturdays. I have also given my family fair warning that I will not be around as much for the next year. They are fine with that, they are old enough now to take care of themselves. So everything is good.