Frequently, I see on this forum the following advice. "If you are in a car accident, drive away, or face consequences."
If a reader happens to have followed this advice and last night, hit a motor cyclist around Sosua beach, I want him to know this.
The man he hit was the night security guard, the supervisor, at Infiniti Blu. Yes, he was Haitian, but he had values that I admire in the best of humanity. Honesty. Good work ethic. Unwillingness to be paid a bribe. Integrity. He felt that, although his job required him to use an electronic stick to walk the grounds and check in at every building within a certain time period at Infiniti Blu, he felt that he also had to be a good example for other night security guards, helping them to overcome sleep and do their job as expected.
This man had a wife and 6 year old child. He lived in a shack in Los Charimicos. Did not drink alcohol. Did not use drugs. He used his money to help his family make a better life.
If you were in the SUV that hit him last night, killed him, and drove away, I want you to know that you took the life of a fine human being, someone who would not have made the choice you did.
Maybe you feel good that you avoided the law. But at some level, there is something or someone to answer to, be it karma, or God, or guilt.
I only wish that I could be as good a human being as this man was. As for you, you followed bad advice.
Lindsey
If a reader happens to have followed this advice and last night, hit a motor cyclist around Sosua beach, I want him to know this.
The man he hit was the night security guard, the supervisor, at Infiniti Blu. Yes, he was Haitian, but he had values that I admire in the best of humanity. Honesty. Good work ethic. Unwillingness to be paid a bribe. Integrity. He felt that, although his job required him to use an electronic stick to walk the grounds and check in at every building within a certain time period at Infiniti Blu, he felt that he also had to be a good example for other night security guards, helping them to overcome sleep and do their job as expected.
This man had a wife and 6 year old child. He lived in a shack in Los Charimicos. Did not drink alcohol. Did not use drugs. He used his money to help his family make a better life.
If you were in the SUV that hit him last night, killed him, and drove away, I want you to know that you took the life of a fine human being, someone who would not have made the choice you did.
Maybe you feel good that you avoided the law. But at some level, there is something or someone to answer to, be it karma, or God, or guilt.
I only wish that I could be as good a human being as this man was. As for you, you followed bad advice.
Lindsey