What is the last good thing you did to someone
By Suggar
@Suggar (3606)
Bulgaria
August 22, 2010 10:32am CST
I don't want to talk about the little things we do every day for our friends, family or people we love, and people who loves us. I'm talking about the good things we do for people we don't know and may be we will never see again in our life. But they have so interesting life story and now they live so poor, that we just want to help them with something, which is possible for us.
The last good thing i did and i'll remember really long is one old woman, who was selling unneeded cardboard boxes, which we were throwing away to the garbage. I worked in shop for food and every day, when we used boxes full with different kind of food, we putted them empty out near the garbage. That old woman, may be around 70, was taking them, and was selling them for coins on a company, where they remake paper. She had amazing eyes, i still remember her blue look. She never asked about something, just asked if we have clean empty boxes for her, we were giving what is in the shop. The people i worked with, were pissed off of her, because her clothes was on a beggar. And she had wheelbarrow where she was putting everything, what she has found. I could feel her so close, once i went out to smoke a cigarette out, where were garbage, she was taking boxes. Talked with her for may be 10 minutes and understood that she has daughter, and her daughter has 2 little kids, so she couldn't work. The old woman was sharing her pension with her daughter and her grandsons, because her daughter don't have husband to take care for all of them. There are a lot of poor people here, in my country. The government doesn't care about them, they just give them coins and tell them - this is what we can give now, we are working for you, to have more ... But this "more" never comes.
I was so attracted of that humble woman, that i started to give her food from our shop and i was paying about it. At first she didn't want to take it, but i told her that i'm not asking her, i'm just giving and i hope she will take it. This is how 4 days a week i was giving her different kind of food, more of the things was bread and preserved food for one or two people. This is the most i could buy for her and i was sure that she apprise it a lot. Some salami or cheese sometimes, everything that i could buy.
One day my boss asked me to go to work in other of our shops and i lost connection with her. The other shop was too far. And i missed her really much. I like to talk with people, who are crushed in life, this are the people you can learn a lot from.
She knew my name, but i still don't remember her. It doesn't matter, i hope she is fine.
Have you ever had this situation, when you didn't want to be so close with someone, you didn't need to know a lot about his life, you just feel that this person is close to your soul and you want to be useful about him?
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@meowcow (931)
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
I had a similar experience at my school not so long ago. There is always this beggar who's about also late 60s or 70s roams around with a cane and picking up cans and plastic bottles. He couldn't speak when i tried to talk to him the first few times as though he couldn't understand me. I always used to see him on my morning breaks at the busy street outside our school. I was working already when I was in college so I had a couple more extra bills in my pocket than average so I would give him a days worth of begging and/or picking up trash whenever I can and had the money. If not I would even give him half my morning meals from the fast food sometimes when I see him walk by the store. One day on my break, this is when I was nearing the end of my schooling and thought that maybe this might be the last morning I'll see him... I used up about 10 dollars to buy him a good supply of food for the day or days even, and gave him another 10. He gave me a great big smile and I patted him on the back and told him to take care of himself, I never knew if he understood what I was saying but I'm hoping he did. Odd thing is, after i raised my head up after talking to this man, I noticed a lot of people around me giving me weird stares. I don't know what this means or what they were thinking but I don't care anyway. There is certainly something mystic about these lost souls that we feel some sort of kinship with. Probably because they are the living breathing visual representations of our own helplessness. Very good story, suggar. Thanks for sharing it with us. I've never told my story to anyone before so thank you also for allowing me to share it with you on your thread. ++ !
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@meowcow (931)
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
Yes, I think it is because it could just as easily have been us on that other side of the tracks. It just takes a minor difference in the movement of our history. A little mistake our parents make, their parents' mistake, or whatever. We are so fortunate to have the luxury of internalizing our day to day progresses and decisions. Other people, born into different, less fortunate types of lives, do not have this luxury of time and comfort.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
This is very interesting and it's not everyday that we can have the chance to help and share what we can share to the needy.
This evening as i go home,just timely as i reached home and i was about to close the gate when one of my friends came rushing and said without blinking "pls lend me some money i need to bring my mom to the hospital she's not feeling well and i don't have much money in my pocket"
I reached out my pocket where i had the money i also prepare for our week allowance,our food,my kids fare to school and some extra which i had collected from debts (i sell goods for extra income)
I gave her half of it and she thanked me almost in tears and i shoo her away to took her mom to the nearest hospital.
As i walked up the stairs i was thinking how to budget the money that was left on my pocket.
And to my surprise i saw some paper bills pasted with magnet holder in our fridge door.
I asked my daughter where those money from and she said,my friend ordered some stuffs and that was her payments.
Oh,i can't imagine how swift my worries were answered,the money i lent was replaced that fast.
When we felt to help someone without thinking any second thought,we need to do it.
Becoz we never knew if there is still a chance for us to help other people.
The happiness of helping others is something that we cannot define.
And God will never missed a minute to reward our good deeds too.
Sometimes we were just put into some test if we are willing to share or extend some helping hand to the needy before HE will extend HIS blessings to us.
Have a good day always
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@Suggar (3606)
• Bulgaria
22 Aug 10
That was my thought and that my experience showed to me too - when i do something good, i always receive something good in the next moment. This are the good moments in our life, when we know that we are really useful, when we are happy, because of the disinterested help we could give, and when in the next moment the help is turning back to us, but using some other ways.
@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
22 Aug 10
You are an awesome person-people like you are the ones that God mad to live and rule over our planet. unfortunately, the world is inhabited by few good apples like you and millions of selfish monsters who are inward looking!
@Suggar (3606)
• Bulgaria
22 Aug 10
I'm little shy for compliments, thank you.
That description i made because i want all people, who answer, to think very good, before they answer. To follow the situation i shared and to share the same experience. I'm sure we all got this situations, we help to people, without expecting anything. It could be really easy to ask one simple question, as in the topic, but i want to read stories from your heart, how you felt, what are you doing, when you feel the same.
It's not about me, it's for all good people in the world. I'm sure there are a lot.