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Pass it On
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Hello!Just something I thought I wanted to share. I've realised something that matters a lot to me right now, maybe because of everything that's happening lately. Should share. :)
Last week, I was walking home at about 8 pm, tired from the day's events, and just wanting to go home and sleep. It was really pouring and I had an umbrella to save me from the rain. Then I saw this old lady, sitting in a sheltered bench, with a new born baby in her arm wrapped in an old cloth. the baby was asleep, but the old lady had a terribly worried look on her face. I continued walking, and before I knew it I had turned back heading towards her. I asked her if she wanted my umbrella and walked her home, which was a few blocks away.
A good deed is done when the person doesn't expect anything in return. All I wanted was for her to smile and be happy that she was home safely, and she was more than glad to thank me so many times. That was what made me smile the entire day, and I never forgot the incident.
haha not over yet.
Well, today it was raining too. so I was pathetically sitting at the bus-stop, with no umbrella, writing poetry and hopelessly getting inspiration from the rain. Pretty weird huh? Haha, then I saw the lady putting a plastic bag on her head, and a black scarf around her neck. I recognised her, and wondered why she did this. She approached me and asked if I lived at the block nearby, so I said yes. And that was when I knew.
The lady put her arms around my shoulder, protecting me from the rain, (just like how she had protected her baby) and walked me back home. When something like this happens, you can't help but smile and think about it.
And when I thanked her, all she said was "I'm just returning the favour."
To many, it seems like a very small incident, merely someone who helped.
But to me, it brought a message.
That no matter where we are, who we're with, the good deeds that we do all find their way back somehow.
That even when we don't expect anything in return, someone out there does something because they know we deserve it.
That when we smile, it should be for a reason. So that after that, we can pass the smile on to the next person. Just pass it on.
Maybe my purpose is to help people, like what I was telling Nat today. I wouldn't know though, it's probably way too early. I'm not Mother Theresa, but all I want to do for now, is pass it on once more, like I did, like the lady did. That in itself makes me happy, like never before.
:)
love,
aishani.