Perception affects the Samaritan

I wrote a few days ago about a man in a wheel chair that had dropped his things, and no one was willing to stop and help him. Well I saw just the opposite yesterday. At first it made me glad, but the more I thought about it, it made me even more upset than I was when no one helped that young man. So here it is. It was a lovely, Sunday afternoon. It was also mother’s day. Brian and I were passing through a busy intersection where three cars had their emergency lights on. One car was the victim, two others were good Samaritans dressed in a suit and tie. It was Sunday like I previously said. The victim’s car had stopped and the Samaritans were helping push the car to the side of the road. The victim was an older woman. Not dying but older, maybe in her late 50’s. Traffic was backed up, but people were nice about it. Was it because it was a Sunday, or mother’s day or was it because in this case, it was a sweet looking older lady? It was then that I determined our perception of people determines our generosity towards others. The wheel chair man looked raged, poor and quite honestly, like someone I would not like to have behind me if I were alone. The older women though, who couldn’t stop to help her? Especially on a Sunday and with it being Mother’s day? All I am saying is this world is sad. Sad that we judge on who we will stop to help based on their appearances. But society has done that to us. We hear stories and then based on those people in those stories, it influences our judgments. You don’t hear too often of 50 year old woman with a broken down car mudding her Samaritans. So it's safe to help her.