A Lesson In Honesty

           Now I am not a big believer in Karma, but I do believe strongly in good will.  The first expects a return whether positive or negative from an original action.  The second just "is".  Good will should not be rationalized, it should exist just as it is as part of our character.  This was all brought to mind by an incident that happened at a gas station in Canada somewhere west of Montreal.

            I was carrying all my traveling money in my wallet, about $700.00 and as I sat, fanny in first, this wallet hit the pavement, exiting through a  substantially warn rear pocket .  I did not go far, however, for as part of my ritual each day I tightened those items on Moggy that loosened, which was about everything.  Adopting my bent over position it wasn't long before the car and this posture attracted some attention.  Living in the house across the street was a Botanist and his wife and she invited me in for some tea.

           Traveling alone with only Mog as my companion, little coaxing was needed to wile away the afternoon with someone of flesh and blood.  Not realizing my loss, I was surprised to see the service station attendant through the window leaping the stairs for the door.

           Upon my leaving the station he had found the wallet, jumped in his pickup and spent an hour trying to catch us down the road.  It wasn't until his return that he spotted the Mog and shared his good will with me.