June 6, 2011
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2:00 am
I got a call this morning at 2:00 am. It was a Native American guy that I’ve been reaching out to. He calls me once in awhile to let me know how he’s doing. Well this call was to tell me he was in trouble. He was being arrested outside a downtown bar. He needed me to come and park his car parallel with the street, verse diagonal like he had it. Well I did. The police had me stand aside as they patted him down and put him in the police car. Then I had to wait another 20 minutes while they searched his car. I stood on the side walk hoping no one would see me and wonder what I was doing there. -oh the rumors. I had a lot of time to think and here are some thoughts: I thought it was sad that he didn’t have friends to call on. Where was his little baby? I’ll probably get another call this morning asking me to sign him out of jail. How can people get themselves in trouble like this. (I put myself in his shoes as I stood there and absolutely didn’t like it.) I wondered how one of the Officers knew me and where I lived. And then I thought of xanga.
So I have two questions today:Would you get up at 2:00 am if asked?
Do you care what people think of you?If you were in my shoes what are some thoughts you would have?
Psalms 23:1
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Comments (29)
I do’t think I can get up at 2 am for anything, but then again it never happened so I really wouldn’t know. Anyone who is willing to get up at 2 am for a friend or someone they know can be considered a true friend. Maybe it is sad that he didn’t have anyone else to call but if you look at it from another angle – he can call you. Sooner or later he will end up turning his life around for the better.
If it was someone I knew and loved I would go…I would hope someone would do the same for me
I’d probably do it. Part of it is growing up in the 1940 and 50’s people and another part is growing up in South Dak. People helped people out, and you knew everyone, accepted their faults and befriended them in times of need. I doubt anyone would have anything but respect for you doing this.
If a man asks you to go with him a mile, go with him two…. Yes, it has to be pretty important for someone to call at 2. Those calls always scare me. I’ve had kids in trouble and deaths reported at that hour. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been in a situation like that where a passer-by might misinterpret my presence, but if it’s right for me to be there, what should I care how people think?
Being a female I would look at it only if it were another woman calling me. Yes, I think I would help her…but not 2 or 3 times, I would grow weary of enabling her. Usually those in trouble repeatedly have gone through all their family and other friends. Tough to answer this. Sometimes what they “need” and what they “want” are not the same and sometimes facing the consequences is all they really need…..so many things to think about with this… As far as “what others may or may not think” is none of my business since I am not a mind reader. My teenage son once worked evenings in a motel, he drove the family car to and from work. After a month or so a “friend” asked me ‘what I was doing at the motel every night and that I often had been seen there’. I told her that if she had to ask then it was none of her business but she didn’t see me she saw my car.I left it that. Probably not the nicest response. There are some who look for the evil and wrong in others no matter what you do. Yes we are to avoid the appearance of “evil” and I have people I am accountable to but you can not please everyone. Good topic.
Would I get up at 2? It depends on who it is and what it’s for. My mom’s called me pretty late for some ridiculous stuff.
Do I care what people think of me? What I care about is living by the standards that I preach, so that I can’t be called a hypocrite or inconsistent. There are some people who I care about their opinion of me, and some people I don’t.
If I were in your shoes, I would be trying to think of the next logical steps for the night, trying not to get bogged down in useless worry.
Yes, I have and probably will again. I get frustrated with people sometimes, but when push comes to shove, I’m a pushover. People that know me, know I am involved with some people with problems. People that don’t know me, can think what they will.
of course I would go! but the story is kind of inconclusive. What were the charges? Why did you have to go to witness all of this?
Yes, I would. Nope, I care about what Father God thinks of me, but that’s it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I like for people to like me, etc, but it’s not a factor in what I do, say, etc…I’m not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I do try hard to live my talk.
I agree with @BenelliMan - the story is rather inconclusive
Its not that I would.. I have picked up a lot of friends at odd hours.. I almost go every time.. I’d rather them call than drive home drunk or something came up.. People what think what they want.. I’m happy knowing myself and the truth..I think God made me truely to be a helper a friend together…
@BenelliMan - I don’t know the charges and I didn’t ask. Reread and you’ll see why I had to wait. It’s all there.
@bmojsilo - That’s my hope.
@ThexGodfather - Thanks
@vexations - So true
@quest4god@revelife - I’ve had other calls at 2:00 am and didn’t go because something told me it was a trap.
@Lucy_or_Ethel - So true – there are people who want to see the worst in others.
@WaitingToShrug - next logical steps for the night – explain please.
@Kowpatty - LOL – thanks
I’ve had to get up at 2 am for things like this for my job. People needing emergency shelter and I have to go pick them up and take them to the shelter, or to meet rape victims at the hospital. That almost never happens during the business day . . .
Some people just can’t get it together. I always say, there but for the grace of God go I.
@Randy7777 - I just mean that I would concentrate on whatever the next thing to be done is. Like- first thing, re-park the car. Second, see if he has anybody to call. Third, find out where he will be. I have a tendency to get scatter-brained in emergencies, and I’ve found that the best thing I can do is concentrate on what’s going on and what needs to happen, rather than worrying about extraneous things, like, boy I’m going to be tired tomorrow, how will I handle this issue at work, and so forth. Does that make more sense?
I’d only get up at 2:00 to watch a meteor shower, or see a planet. Or… ya know… if the house was burning down… or something. O.o
I’m a night owl so chances are I’ll still be awake at 2 am. But I have in the past and will get up at any time of the night to help somebody that calls me asking for assistance. I really don’t care what people think, they will always make their own opinions regardless.
@bethro78 - Sounds like you have an important job.
@xsimplepleasuresx - That’s true
@WaitingToShrug - I see what you’re saying. He takes care of his little baby. That was the first thing I tried to find out about. Sounds like the little one was being taken care of.
@soullightsky - LOL -
At 2 a.m. I sometimes haven’t went to bed yet, so yes if needed. Or anytime of day or night.
Sometimes I care too much what others think of me. I working on that. Because I guess most of the time they aren’t thinking about me like I think they are. (If that makes sense!)
You should feel good that he called you and you could help. It means that he sees you as someone who is trustworthy and helpful and kind. And I bet MANY people see you as that and many more positive things!
HUGS!
I am a recovering drunk and addict. I go when called if the person has not taken that first drink or first drug. I have gone and taken family members home who were in the car that their drunken husband or father has been driving when he was pulled over and taken to jail for being stoned and will continue doing so. Yes I will get up at 2 am or any time to be of service because it was done for me and I can’t keep what I have unless I give it away.
What my husband and family think of me is important. I care about others and hope that they trust me enough to call when I can help them stay clean and sober. I would have done the same thing and I would hope that others who might need a helping hand would see me and give me a call.
Sounds of the nights around here are the sounds of hubbys oxygen and the guinea piggies snorting and whistling every time they hear me getting cold water out of the fridge.