Be On Guard at All Times and Pass it On

I just got an e-mail from my aunt about a lady she knows in Louisville, Kentucky. The woman was recently pumping gas at a gas station. Her car doors were all locked except for the one on the driver’s side. When her back was turned (apparently toward the pump), she heard a young woman yell to her, “He just took your purse!” A man had opened her door, grabbed her purse and sped away.

She and her husband began cancelling credit cards and she deactivated her cellphone. She had keys to her office, so she had to notify security. She grieved for pictures, jewelry, and other possessions. Her heart also skipped a beat when she realized, “He knows our address.” That part alone sent chills down my spine.

Before they were able to cancel the credit cards, the creep had used it at a local K-mart, eaten at McDonald’s, and filled up his gas tank. Oh, the irony.

The uglier the economy gets, the more desperate people are getting.

Desperate people make me very nervous.  Thankfully no one was physically harmed.  But I doubt this couple will sleep peacefully for a few months.

I’ve e-mailed the message to each of my daughters and told them to pass it on to all of their friends.  Now I’m all up in your face.  Be very careful wherever you go, whatever you do, whoever you are.  Male, female, 12, 99 - everyone can become someone else’s victim in the blinking of an eye.  Never think that you’re safe because your town isn’t “that big…”   There are just as many desperate people in small towns as there are in larger towns. 

I teach and preach volumes about being happy, being confident, being persistent - basically being all that you can possibly be.  I want to do all of that, but be safe while you’re doing it.  Lock your doors, whether they’re your car doors or doors to your house.

It’s bears repeating, so bear with me while I repeat it, People are getting more and more desperate.  When you’re desperate, you don’t think of the consequences.  You only think about what you need and you do what you have to do to get it.

Be on guard.  At all times.  And pass it on to everyone you know. 

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