Just Some Late Night Thinking

If someone came up to you in a parking lot and asked you for money, would you give it to them?

This recently happened to me and I begrudgingly said no, sorry. What does that even mean? I am sorry for not giving her my money that she wanted, as if I feel bad about saying no but I could have said yes. We always do things like that. When we feel bad about denying someone something that they want we apologize for it but why? When I went into the store I felt bad that I didn't help her, as if it was all up to me to help her for that night. Was it my duty to help her and if not why did I feel like it was? (this goes a little with The Right to Your Opinion paper that we discussed on Friday). I was prepared to go back out and give her a dollar or two ( I had it in my hand and everything) but when I left the store and saw her still outside I chickened out and just walked to my car. I don't know why I did but I did. She probably wasn't even thinking about me but I was dwelling on her existence for a solid 15 minutes. If it happened again I honestly don't know what I would do. Just some food for thought. Don't be shy (or in a harsher way, a chicken), like I was, and do things in life! I guess the moral is, be strong and that definition is open to interpretation.