True Colors

I guess when opportunity presents itself, your natural insticts shine through. The other day I stopped at a gas station, and as I'm walking out the door to leave the convenience store, I see this lady in a 90's model Nissan sedan backing out of her parking spot and yelling repeatedly, "HEY!" at this tan-colored full-size beat-up van because the person in the van is backing it right into her. The gal is able to back up more rapidly in order to narrowly avoid getting hit, BUT THE VAN KEEPS GOING. So I look up to see why this guy isn't stopping his van, and...to my amazement...there's no one there!!! So in a split second I see that it's headed straight for a gas pump and whatever else might be in its way, and I run to the drivers door, which I fortunately found unlocked. I reach my long leg in the door and slam on the breaks, and nobody and no-thing gets hurt by this runaway vehicle. The keys are still in it, the motor is running, and according to the dash display it's in Park, but I reach over to move the shifter up, and it clicks into Park. So now I'm thinking, "Do I jump in and put it back in the parking spot where it came from, and take a chance on looking like I was trying to steal it? or do I wait here with it and see if the driver shows up?" Fortunately, the guy caming running out before I had time to make a decision. I said, "Is this yours?" He anxiously replied, "Yeah man...did anybody get hurt." I was like, no. He tried to hand me a $5 bill, but I pushed it back at him, saying, "No big deal, just get right with God." He said, "You know that's right," and jumped in the van and pulled it back into the parking spot, put it in park, turned off the engine, and removed the keys. I walked over to my vehicle, got in and left. That was all the excitement I needed for that day. The moral of the story: always make sure your car is in Park, and use the parking/emergency brake even if it's an automatic transmission; oh, and do a good turn daily.