With some experiences that we've all have probably had, I often think about things like how a little shift in circumstances can completely alter a live (or lives). Sometimes for better, others not so much.
About 10-15 years ago...4 youngin's broke into my house to rob it...then decided to start a fire to "hide" the robbery...
Since it was somewhat isolated...by the time the FD arrived...it (and ALL its contents) were completely "burned to the ground"...
Later the police identified them and called me to press charges...
I said...Thanks (for going to the effort in finding them) but NO Thanks...I told them that I refused to
upset myself enough to possibly mess up the lives of these (apparently
already "disadvantaged") kids...(I mean, we were
only talking about a house and everything I owned)...
[Besides...on the day I was born...had I been given a
choice between growing up to
own a FINE house...or...growing up to
burglarize/burn a FINE house...I
know there's no question
which path I would have chosen.]
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