What is the moral of the story "Thank you, M'am"?

In the short story "Thank You, M'am," by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones is walking home late at night. A young man approaches her and tries to steal her purse. The story describes the situation in the opening paragraph:

She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse.

The boy figured that she would be an easy target for him to steal money from, but to his surprise, she ends up retaliating:

the large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled.

Then, she, asks him (Roger) whether he is going to run away if she lets him go. He says he will, and she insists that she won't let him go then. She asks him questions about his home life, wondering if he has anyone at home worried about him washing his face or feeding him. Finally, she invites him (or demands that he come) into her home, where she insists on him washing his face and eating with her. She tells him,

"You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. Are you hungry?"

Finally, she gets around to asking Roger why he tried to steal money from her. He tells her that he wanted a pair of blue suede shoes. (In other words, he didn't want something essential, like food. He wanted a luxury item.) She responds,

"Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes . . . You could of asked me."

Roger then contemplates running out of the house, but he chooses not to. After a pause, the woman continues her explanation:

"I were young once and I wanted things I could not get . . .Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that . . . I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable.”

By this point, the boy understands that the woman cares about his well-being. She didn't want to get him in trouble or to get back at him for trying to steal from her. Instead, she is offering him selfless generosity, because she has been in similar circumstances and knows what it is like to want something, such as blue suede shoes, deeply.
Finally, she gives him a gift of $10 to buy his shoes and asks him to change his behavior, for the better, in the future. She offers him kindness and grace that he does not deserve.

"Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else’s—because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet. I got to get my rest now. But I wish you would behave yourself, son, from here on in.”

From this story, you could suggest several different morals:
Choosing to trust people, when they are sorry for their wrong actions, can encourage them to make better decisions in the future.
We all make wrong choices, but a person can always repent and change their ways.
Selfless generosity can change someone's life.
What other moral lessons can be seen in this story?

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