God has a way of allowing us to be in the 
right place at the right time.

I was walking down a dimly lit street late 
one evening when I heard muffled screams coming
from behind a clump of bushes. Alarmed, I
slowed down to listen and panicked when I 
realized that what I was hearing were the
unmistakable sounds of a struggle, heavy
grunting,frantic scuffling and tearing of fabric. 
Only yards from where I stood, a woman was being
attacked. Should I get involved?

I was frightened for my own safety and cursed
myself for having suddenly decided to take a new
route home that night. What if I became another
statistic? Shouldn't I just run to the nearest
phone and call the police?

Although it seemed an eternity, them
deliberations in my head had taken only seconds,
but already the cries were growing weaker. I
knew I had to act fast. How could I walk away
from this? No, I finally resolved, I could not
turn my back on the fate of this unknown woman,
even if it meant risking my own life.

I am not a brave man, nor am I athletic. I don't
know where I found the moral courage and physical
strength - but once I had finally resolved to
help the girl, I became strangely transformed.

I ran behind the bushes and pulled the assailant
off the woman. Grappling, we fell to the ground,
where we wrestled for a few minutes until the
attacker jumped up and escaped. Panting hard, 
I scrambled upright and approached the girl, 
who was crouched behind a tree, sobbing. 
In the darkness, I could barely see her
outline, but I could certainly sense her
trembling shock.

Not wanting to frighten her further, I at 
first spoke to her from a distance. "It's OK," I
said soothingly. "The man ran away. You're
safe now."

There was a long pause and then I heard the
words, uttered in wonder, in amazement. "Dad, is
that you?"

And then, from behind the tree, stepped my 
youngest daughter, Katherine.

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Do all the good you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as you ever can.
--Thanks to Lady Millie

The music you are listening to was Composed, Arranged and Played by Yuko Ohigashi and is copyrighted. Please visit her web site for more beautiful music. The song is called "Lost Love."