Agood - People helping People
Well, I may be seeing them more, because I am looking for them, but I saw another agood today.
On my way in to BART this evening, I saw a man trying to bring a large, heavy box, strapped to one of those small chrome rollers, down the stairs. Just as I was trying to figure out how to help, a young man just downstream from the gentleman having troubles turns around, comes back up a couple of stairs, and grabs the bottom of the chrome rack and starts carrying the box down the stairs, walking backwards!
This young man was:
In order to:
In exchange for:
So, here is a tip o' the blogg-o-hat to you sir! You have made the world a better place.
On my way in to BART this evening, I saw a man trying to bring a large, heavy box, strapped to one of those small chrome rollers, down the stairs. Just as I was trying to figure out how to help, a young man just downstream from the gentleman having troubles turns around, comes back up a couple of stairs, and grabs the bottom of the chrome rack and starts carrying the box down the stairs, walking backwards!
This young man was:
- Taking time from whatever he was heading to
- Risking his own health
In order to:
- Help another human being, having a hard time
- Speed up the stairs for everyone else
- Make the stairs SAFER for everyone else
- Improve the karmic balance of the world
In exchange for:
So, here is a tip o' the blogg-o-hat to you sir! You have made the world a better place.
posted by Graham at 17:03 | Permalink
1 Comments:
Graham. Thanks for the post of "Agood." It's the little things like this that make me feel like we aren't all little roaches scurrying around the planet. (It also annoys me when people don't extend simple courtesies in passing which would be no skin off of their proverbial butts....but that is a rant I am not going to set forth here.)
In any event, I would respectfully and slightly disagree with what the “anon” gentleman received in payment. Doing a little good, investing a bit of non quid pro quo energy into the world almost always makes *me* feel a touch better. It makes me feel like I am contributing in a one-on-one and tangible way and affirm a little bit of our shared humanity. And in doing that I’m the one that benefits. After all, feeling like we are contributing just a little in our own unique way helps sate the satisfaction and belonging we all really crave (rather than merely consumer goods and ice cream). {slash - end of somewhat hippie-like tnaR}
Thanks for the posts!
Mark
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