When someone does
you a good deed , you must never forget it . On the contrary , you must look
out for the opportunity to do something
good for that person or to someone else . This latter is called ‘paying
it forward’ Good must beget good . then only will this world become a better
place to live in .
Very often we are
so selfish that we think that if someone does something good for us , we are entitled to it . Many
people behave that way . They do not even have the courtesy to say ‘ that you
‘.
I remember , once I
was in my building when the light went off . I was terrified . There was an
elderly person in the lift with me . He calmed me down and told me not to worry
; in a few minutes the lift would re – start . Then when the lift began working
, he accompanied me to the door of my flat. I was grateful for his comforting
presence and thanked him . A few days later , near the parking lot of our
building , I was the grandchild of the
same gentleman playing with other children . suddenly a car came up and I could
see that the child was in danger . I ran up to the child , lifted him safely
away . The elder gentleman , who had once helped me , came up to me and thanked
me . I felt that the elderly man had , in fact , earned my act of helpfulness ,
because he had himself been helpful to me earlier .
There is a
wonderful poem about a man who helps an old woman across the street . the woman
blesses him for helping her . At the end of the poem the man expresses the
found hope that someday , some young man like himself will help his mother when
she is in trouble .
Indeed , one should
never hesitate to do good for others .
For one good truth
deserves another !