Worth my time

China's Ministry of Education estimates that 30 percent of Chinese people living in China don't speak Mandarin, the official language. They speak other languages or dialects. And the lady above? She's definitely one of the 30 percent.

I met her in a park. I think she told me her life story. Poor lady was so desperate to talk to someone that she didn't seem to care that I didn't understand. (I told her I didn't understand, but she is hard of hearing and so maybe she didn't catch that part.) I just smiled and looked sympathetic when her tone seemed to call for it. I think it did her good.

I don't know her story, but I know she's created by God. That makes her worth my time.