So I was reading this article today in the newspaper (pasted below) and I couldn't help but think to myself, "whoa!" Here we have a simple act of kindness that was able to break through a heart with every intention of causing one harm. How can such a small act yield such a return? My inclination is that this man desired to be loved. The last thing he would've expected to come from these people's mouths was, "Why don't you have a glass of wine with us?" And how does he respond, he drinks the wine! I mean, come on! You've got to be kidding me, rite? Then, a group hug at the end? Yet, these sequence of events begs the question, what motivated him to respond to their act of kindness? The answer is, he was touched. And why was he touched? Because deep down, maybe thats what he desired the most. It just reminds me how deep down in each and everyone of us, we have an innate desire to be loved.
What are your thoughts?
July 15, 2007
WASHINGTON -- Police on Capitol Hill are baffled by an attempted
robbery that began with a handgun put to the head of a 14-year-old girl
and ended in a group hug.
It started about midnight June 16 when friends were finishing dinner
outside a D.C. home, authorities and witnesses said. That's when a
hooded man pointed a handgun at the girl's head.
''Give me your money, or I'll start shooting,'' he said, according to the witnesses.
One guest replied, "Why don't you have a glass of wine with us?'' said Cristina Rowan.
The intruder had a sip of Chateau Malescot St-Exupery and said, ''Damn, that's good wine.''
The would-be robber took another sip and put the gun in his sweat pants.
Then the man apologized.
''I think I may have come to the wrong house,'' he said. ''Can I get a hug?''
Rowan wrapped her arms around the man, and the four other guests followed.
The man walked away a few moments later. The group called 911. AP | 
