Humus from the Garbage

B"H

Location: Downtown Tel Aviv

Time: 2:30pm in the afternoon

An elderly men is looking through a green garbage can next to a bus stop in downtown Tel Aviv. He is holding three plastic bags in his hand and while watching him, I am thinking that he definitely is searching for empty plastic bottles or cans, as collecting them brings extra money to many poor people.

The man is looking through some bags inside the garbage can and finally finds something. A full plastic box full of Humus.
The guy is hungry and obviously too poor to buy much food. He smiles and wants to walk away.

None of the bystanders seem to care but a woman in her fifties was watching him. Not watching but staring at him while he was looking through the garbage. Her hair is dyed shiny blond and, as the man wants to walk away, she is stopping him.

Wow, I thought, that's nice. Someone seems to care.
The woman is talking to the man and I am too far away to hear a word. The man shakes his head and is walking away. Almost escaping from the woman. The woman is staring after him, then turning around and walking into my direction. While she was passing me I just became aware of her big golden cross hanging around her neck.

Sometimes people are not that nice at they appear to be and I was very proud of that old man running away from the missionary probably offering a "better" life but also idol worship.