Was I Wrong or Did I Do The Right Thing?

I had an interesting experience yesterday. I the midst of packing up the house for the move to the new house our doorbell rang. Answering the door, I find a young woman, about the same age as my youngest, asking if she can use the phone. Her story was that she had a fight with her boyfriend and was left here in Tracy. All she had was her purse and a jacket. I let her use the phone and after dialing 4 different numbers and not getting an answer, I asked her if she needed a ride home. She told me she did not live in Tracy but in Valley Springs about an hour away. I asked her to wait while I put on some shoes and got my truck keys and I would take her home. She offered me $10.00 for gas which I refused. I told my wife goodbye and that I would call her after I dropped the young woman off and was on my way home.

The ride went off without a hitch and we got to Valley Springs without an incident. I dropped her off at her apartment and headed home, calling my wife before I left. I got home without incident and that's where the pondering started.

I have been called too trusting and told I don't think about my actions. In this day and age, I do realize I should what with all the gang violence and not knowing a person. Maybe I am too trusting, but maybe the rest of the world is too cynical. I did what I did because that is the way I was raised. The rules to live by, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," the Golden Rule. "Do a good deed daily," the Boy Scout motto. And "Help those when you can," my own take on both of those rules

They say that chivalry is dead. If that is the case then that is do to the fact that society today has killed it. In the Code of Chivalry it mentions helping those less fortunate than yourself. But what is lee fortunate? I think being stranded an hours drive from home is unfortunate, and I did what I thought a Good Christian Man would do, I offered to take the person home. My decisions were based on these things.

1. What if it had been my daughter?
2. What if it had been my wife?
3. What if it had been me?

We as a society cannot afford to be cautious of every stranger that rings our doorbell. We need to treat each other as brothers and sisters and not think of the bad that can happen but of all the good too.

If you agree with me or even if you don't your comments would be appreciated.

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