The Value of Helping the Ones in Need
Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:40 AM
As we were attending our regular english lessons, our dear teacher brought up the topic of looking after someone. He questioned appointed a few to present a short speech of how they have helped look after family members. Some spoke of the times they looked after a child, some about their aged grandparents and some about their parents with illnesses.

The experiences shared by each individual were very intriguing and as an inquisitive person, i asked and asked all sorts of questions. All their stories were different but one thing remained unchanged. They all did it as a favour. Perhaps one or two did it as a sign of love and care but others just did what they had to. They were tied up with the responsibility and had nowhere to run away from it.

However, I believe that there is something in it for you as you help out. When my grandma use to live with my family, she made me do lots of things which I thought was unreasonable. There was a time when her radio broke down and she waked me up from my afternoon sleep to wake my brother up to fix it. Trying to be obedient, i went up and called my brother. He was feeling tired too and refused to get up to help her. I was stranded in between two people and I felt like I had to satisfy both parties but I was feeling agitated and i went to my grandma and tried to repair the radio but she thought that I didnt call my brother up and she asked me to go. I wasn't fluent with my Hokkien so i had difficulty telling her that he was tired and I was so frustrated and didnt know what to do. Picture the feeling I was having not able to help people as they dont want it from you. Anyway I could not recall what happened in the end but whenever i complained to my dad about it, he will tell me one thing ," its a blessing to be able to help someone". When he told me that I thought it was just a statement to make me feel better but as I matured, i realized some truth in it. It really is a blessing to be able to help.
A simple lesson that I learned from this little experience is how to remain clam when in situations such as this.

In every event, there is something to learn. Instead of wasting your time thinking about how horrible a person is, or how worked you are due to that problem, try recalling what you can learn and what you can do to prevent such situations.

Apart from all that people tend to be appreciative towards the things you do for them and they will remember you better. Some day when they are in heaven the will give a good record of you ( not that God doesnt know). Though there are some who may forget and dont see the things you do for them but it is not important what matters most is that God has seen what you have done and is proud of you for that.

Every opportunity you have to help someone, no matter how trying the problem may be, we should put the effort to try and help out and with some love to add some spice to the good deed. Both parties will benefit from a situation such as this.

Peace and Love