Today a really good friend of mine found out that she has a cyst on her ovary. She’s 20.
This made me think that there are so many things in life that we take for granted everyday. Wonderful friends, Giving birth (as painful as it is), having warm beds and a roof over our heads, and good medical care. I know these things sound rather normal and everyone has heard that you should be thankful for them, but are we really? Do we really realise how lucky we are?
I always park in the same area at Varsity and the car guard there just went missing the one day. He was gone for about a week. When he came back his foot was all bandaged up and the bandage was covered in a mixture of blood and puss. He had poured boiling water over his foot by accident. He didn’t have painkillers so i took him some along with some food and water. Just the smile on his face was absolutely priceless for me. He was so grateful. That to him was way better than money. Today i walked past and he stopped me to tell me that another guy also wanted to help him. He brought him some detol to wash his foot with and some betadene and clean bandages. Now that made my day. Just knowing that people care and are willing to help him.
At the same time today the younger car guard saw a big bag of smaller individually wrapped packs of tissues in my car and he asked if he could buy one from me. I gave him the whole bag as i wasn’t using them in any case. He was so happy about that.
I know these examples sound insignificant to us but by just acknowledging people ,like these men, as human beings and treating them as equals gives them more pride than you can think. Small gestures can make someones day. Small gestures can make your day. Small gestures can even change your outlook on life.
