Awakening

Here Now

Man realizes his life has changed

He always stood at one corner. This short black man with a greasy face stood beside a shopping cart piled high with junk. Often, when driving to work, I’d toss my wife’s lousy lunches to him. I did it all summer — until I finally left her. That day, I bought him a hot roast beef sandwich with chips. But he was gone. And I felt… kind of lost. Another day I drove a different route and found him a block away. Surprised, happy to see him, I told him I’d wondered where he’d gone. He said he was here now.

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