A Nudge From Above?

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Today, I stopped at the bank around lunchtime to make a deposit. Afterward, I was going to walk across the parking lot to a great local Mexican restaurant to grab a bite to eat. However, as I exited the bank, I found myself walking through the parking lot in the opposite direction of the Mexican restaurant, toward KFC instead. I wasn't in the mood for chicken, and I almost never eat there. So as I was walking toward the restaurant, I asked myself what the heck was I doing. In addition, there was a homeless man standing in front of the KFC at the entrance/exit to the parking lot, begging people for spare change. Great, I thought, he's going to accost me as I pass him (much to my surprise, he just said hello as I passed, without once asking me for money). I went inside KFC, and ordered one of their value box meals. After paying with my debit card and receiving my receipt, I looked at it and realized the amount was too high. When I asked the cashier, she said I it was because I ordered two meals. I told her I only ordered one. She grabbed the manager, who came over and apologized, and said he would refund me the money. Instead, I had an idea, and told him not to worry about the refund, because I would just take the second meal out to the homeless guy out by the road. When the cashier gave me my order, she told me she filled the box as full as she could with chicken tenders, to make up for messing up my order! I thanked her and headed over to see the homeless guy. When I asked him if he was hungry, and pulled out the extra meal box, his eyes lit up! You could tell that not only was he hungry, but he was appreciative of the kind gesture. Since I had nowhere to be for an hour, I asked him if I could sit and have lunch with him. He was elated to have me join him, and the two of us sat there in the grass eating our meals. We had a great conversation, and I learned a little bit about his story. It was a fine afternoon. I'm still scratching my head as to how the whole thing went down. It was almost like I was being led by an unknown force to help someone, without even realizing what was going on. Whatever the reason, the end result was that I helped out a person in need, a fellow human being who had fallen on some tough times. Have you ever experienced something like this? Something where you felt the hand of God directing you somewhere, or the forces of the universe guiding you to something you wouldn't normally do?