Give yourself a little bit of a break on this one. Breaking into a vending machine is NOT the same as armed breaking and entering someone’s abode.
But yes, it would be a dangerous thing to do, and a drill could be mistaken for a gun, and all of that. But this story is not about someone breaking into a vending machine with a drill.
You’re right. Didn’t start to feel really guilty about it till my 40s. Age and wisdom and faith and penance and forgiveness from God.
I had a vending machine route (that’ how i knew how easy it was to break in) and KNEW how hard it was to make a buck and what it felt like to be broken into.
One asks God’s forgiveness, does a penance, asks those you dont even KNOW for forgiveness, and move on.
Is that possible? Asking someone you dont know but wronged for forgiveness?
and yes, breaking in armed is a BIG difference.
That is why there are degrees of difference between actions. And consequences too.