No one's watching...

I just watched Seven Pounds again.  What a terrific, although horribly sad, movie!  Will Smith does a marvelous job at being tormented and though it wasn't hard to figure out where the movie was going to go, I was impressed that they actually went there.

There's one scene that struck me.  He's talking to the hockey coach, to whom he's donating a kidney, and the coach says "Why are you doing this?  Why me?"  Smith responds "Because you're a good man."  The coach starts to protest and Smith continues with "even  when no one is looking."  After Smith completes that thought the coach's eyes water up and he can't respond.  Frankly, I felt the emotion of that moment too.

But it got me thinking - if I were in that coach's chair, would Smith's character say the same thing?  Could he say the same thing if he were vetting me for organ donation.  I don't know.  With the exception of the speed limit, I obey traffic laws, even using my turn signals when no one is around to see them.  I hold doors open for people I don't know.  I give up my seat to the elderly or women when ever I'm in the position to do so.  But would that be enough? 

I'm also pretty judgmental.  I have little patience for other drivers...while I will use my turn signal to change lanes while I blow their doors off, I do blow their doors off.  I honk when they turn in front of me after obviously running the red on the turn arrow because my light is green.  I use a lot of colorful language when people are in my way because I don't obey the speed limits.  And I have a pretty dim opinion of people who don't share my view of the world.  So I don't know if Smith's character would qualify me for that kidney.  Let's hope I never need one.

What do you think he would say about you?