It's so hard not to take everything personal, especially when you're an all or nothing person.
The thing is, they don't have anything to give. Even if they want to (in a moment), they have nothing to give. It's all an act. They are in agony. They are emotionally bankrupt. It's hard not to have pity (and pity is wrong, we still need to see them as people and our counterparts = equals).
If I can get a breadcrumb, I will want to grab it secretly and treasure it. These people have nothing. What amount of effort does it take for them to put out a breadcrumb?
Really makes me think of the old bible story about the rich man giving all kinds of money to the temple and it meaning nothing. Yet the old widow gave her last coin and God thought it was the greatest offering as it was all she had. When will we see that in a moment a breadcrumb is all they had? If we could look in their heart and mind, I wonder if we would be surprised.
