"No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted"-Aesop
I try to live my life by this quote. I never really realized how much of a difference it made until this week.
Recently I have had some money-is-too-tight issues. It was weighing on me and one day I walked into class and the teacher(campus manager) noticed and pulled me into her office. I told her the issue and she offered me a job. So, right now I am working an extra day in the clinic, teaching a lab and tutoring. That little act of kindness completely changed my situation.
This week 2 classmates (married couple)who just moved here from Tahoe, and living off of money from her relatives will until they get jobs. However, the trustee is her mother and she is misusing the money, so she won't give them the money they deserve. They have a grand total of $12 between the two of them and were running out of food... I gathered up food in my pantry that I won't use and bought some food for them when I went grocery shopping for the week. Sales, store brans and buy one get one deals didn't put too much o a strain on my budget.
As they drove into the school parking lot I waved them down and told them that they touched me yesterday because I had just recently been in the "I'm poor- what am I going to do next" stage and I gathered up and bought them food and hopefully that would help them. They were so grateful that I did this and that they have been praying for help. However, because of the stress they got into a fight this morning about money and how they were going to eat that week. The girl started crying and said: " Thank you! We have nothing to fight about anymore!" She also said that she "...felt like it was Christmas!"
It felt so good to help them and know that I was presented with the opportunity to help and I was able to make their lives a little easier in this rough time.
I felt it was necessary to act because I was just in that situation and if the school hadn't helped me I don't know what I would do. So, I felt the need to help that little bit, since I could help. :)
