{Answered on Quora.com by Earth Angel]
One day I dropped a friend of mine off in front of a grocery store. She ran in to pick up a few things. While I waited, I noticed a homeless man who was obviously struggling, standing in front of the store.
Along came a young man who looked to be in his mid 20s. He stood a few feet from the homeless man and occasionally looked at him but did nothing. At one point, a loud, attention seeking older man, 40s, approached the homeless man and in a condescending tone, told him to get a job. While the older man and the homeless man *conversed, the younger man did one of the most beautiful and unexpected things I’ve ever seen. He’d been waiting for the homeless man to be distracted so he could throw a wad of cash into his jar. The older man eventually left and when the homeless man noticed how much more cash he now had, called out his gratitude to the older man. The younger man walked away smiling to himself. If I hadn’t seen this with my own eyes, I would have found it hard to believe. He gave without the expectation of being rewarded, and he allowed someone else to be credited for his selfless act -That is the definition of character
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