THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMM

I was at the post office this morning. I was at the stamp machine and behind me were two people having a conversation. The women left and the man continued putting his postage package together. He turned to me and asked "Miss may I ask you a question?" I said yes and he asked "if I had asked you for help (and he indicated towards his postage) what would you have said?" With slight introspective pause I rebounded with "Yes...why." He went on to explain his postage scenario which involved his ATM thing etc. I have to admit in the back of my mind I was worried about where this was going. Then I asked him a question "Why did you ask me? Why did you ask if I would help?" He gave me a real answer "Well I sensed you would but you would be worried if it was safe or ok to." He was right...so I commented "We'll isn't that natural? My inclination is to help though. My desire is to help...so I would have. I suppose we all want help and we all want to give help..." He just smiled and nodded politley. But he was right about my hesitation motivation. Is it natural to refrain? He asked if I had brothers I said no sisters...he smiled put his hands together, bowed his head and said God bless you and your family miss. I smiled sent him blessings as well and walked out. He was a normal capable person. He was simply having ATM issues that had been resolved in the moment. He gave me a lot to think about in that brief exchange. Normally I would chalk up the entire moment as a date with the divine. But my new mantra has been to ignore the signs. I chewed on the whole dynamic for a whole 10 min and my simple conclusion is that society - no make that people have become ass backwards. Seriously. Ass backwards.