A real positive news story for a change

There's doing the right thing - and then there's the reality of our situations. Would all that many of us really blamed this homeless man if he took the $4,000, viewing it as a chance opportunity, perhaps even from God?

But in reality, the "right thing" has no context. And this man knew what the right thing to do was. It warms your heart. Perhaps the woman will try to help him out a little more - that would also be the right thing.

Last week, Sarah Darling of Kansas City, Mo., left more than a little change behind when she dropped a donation in a homeless man’s cup.

The cup belonged to Billy Ray Harris, 55, who had been sitting in his regular spot on the sidewalk. He didn’t notice that Darling had accidentally dropped her engagement ring in with the change until he packed up for the day.


“When I finally decided to leave I got on my bike and dumped the change into my hand and there was the ring,” Harris told NBC’s Michelle Franzen.
Harris thought that the ring, a diamond and platinum sparkler, was a fake. Then he had it appraised.

“It was really worth some money,” Harris said. “Worth enough that he was ready to give me four grand right there on the spot.” Harris thought of taking the money, but said that his grandfather raised him to be honest. He knew in his heart he couldn’t take the money.

“I am not trying to say that I am no saint, but I am no devil either,” he said.

Darling realized a day later that the ring was gone. She immediately returned to Harris’ usual spot, and he was there waiting - with her ring.

“It was just such a feeling of loss when it was gone,” she told Harris. “I am eternally grateful to you.”
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Homeless man on returning engagement ring: I was raised to be honest - TODAY News