Later, I began to wonder about the long-term resiliency of our human community until I recalled a time when I looked the other way, avoiding eye contact just as someone searched a crowd of strangers for a friend. Since then, I have tried to always be that friend, to not be a stranger, making the choice stop my life for someone else. I have always been glad to know the choice exists and choose to help another. After 20 minutes, the motorcyclist was OK, head was clear and the scrapes where not too bad. Someone else stopped with a pickup and offered a ride to a bike shop. The driver who flipped a U-turn had driven away and didn’t return.

Daniel Fullmer

Pagosa Springs