First I must explain the circumstances in which I heard these words in the title this morning.
Back to work after one week of resting!
Each morning, on he way from my parking place to my office I must pass by the place where bums and drunks are gathering. Some of them are aggressive when they get drunk but some are benign and harmless, singing all day, from the morning until they pass out. It was 7:20 AM this morning and I heard one of them singing on the distance of 50 meters. I saw this bearded drunk, possible a homeless sitting in front of the market with bottle of beer in his hands. Two empty bottles were on the bench, just next to him. I repeat, I was 7:20 AM.
An older lady was passing him by, just in front of me and he yelled at her:
"Baby, I drink to forget you, but I see you in double vision!"
She completely ignored him, but I couldn't resist to laugh. He heard me and that encouraged him to approach me and ask me some spare money. So I asked does he need that spare money for beer. He told me that he wants to buy some milk. Yeah sure, two empty bottles of beer next to him and the third in his hand are obvious proof that he is nothing but a milk drinker!
So, I told him that I am not sure if I give him some money, will that be good deed or bad deed! When he heard me talking about good and bad deeds, in the second he turned to be mostly religious. He said:
"They say that alcohol is an enemy, but Bible says: Love your enemies!"
He made me laugh for the second time and, I guess, he deserved some spare coin.
It is not ours to judge these people. The state made them to end in this situation. There was a war here, more than o years ago and all of them were soldiers. Many of them couldn't deal with that. They lost they nerves, saw many bad things and state gave them - NOTHING! So we have to help them from time to time. Even if they want to destroy themselves with your help. Sounds pointless, but the guy made me laugh!