I sat and watched from my seat in a street caf on Londons Oxford Street as a young man pleaded for loose change from passers by.
Most pretended to be oblivious to the young mans plight and continued their way along one of Londons busiest and thriving shopping streets.
Several minutes passed before an elegantly dressed woman took pity on the youth. Digging deep into her pockets she produced a couple of coins and offered them to the poor guy.
As I sipped my coffee and observed the exchange, it puzzled me how two human beings could take such radically different paths on their journey through life.
At what stage of life do some people make the wrong choice and set off on the road to oblivion.
Or maybe our ultimate destiny is already decided and fate has made our decisions for us.
Whatever the truth, the two exchanged smiles as the woman made her merry way and entered a nearby store.
Oxford Street is the shopping hub of London, a wealth of designer stores that can damage even the most affluent of credit cards.
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