One heart parable

A short parable. 

Two people came to the town square asking for help with their needs. The first was lazy and entitled but still asked for help. The second was hard working, down on their luck, and willing to accept any help available.  Various passerby's saw the two petitioners. As they passed, some thought that instead of sitting asking for help, these two ought to go get jobs. Others who passed by didn't notice them at all, having previously concluded not to pay beggars any attention. Still others thought it was the government's responsibility or a church's responsibility to help the less fortunate.  And they too passed by.

One day a giver passing by heard the two petitions for aid and looked upon them. The giver rebuked the first beggar since he had a mutual friend who had previously related to him how lazy that person was, and how he had mistreated him in the past. The giver helped the second beggar with ease and joy and the giver felt no advantage had been taken of him. He felt good that he wasn't supporting laziness and instead supported those who deserved it, and he went on his way.

 A second giver passing by saw the rebuked petitioner still asking for help. The second giver gave without thought of reward or the petitioners' merit; but while giving felt impressed that a different form of aid ought to be given to the one.  While casting his eyes upon the beggar he glimpsed a hidden, unfulfilled and broken soul who yearned for a better and more fulfilling future.  The giver shared an impression he had and in a spirit of charity, and compassion, he listened, and then relayed a few other impressions and then paused for a response. The two exchanged heartfelt perspectives about life's struggles, difficulties, failures, hopes and dreams. By the end, they both felt uplifted and as they parted ways, and both noted that for a moment their hearts had become one.

Moses 7:18
18 And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.