Good Deeds Do Not Go Unrewarded

Often times it seems as though humanity has lost it's essence. We live in a world where not everyone will get along, and most of the time many of us can see past the differences in eachother. There will never be a moment when EVERYONE agrees on something. Our past, culture, religious preference, morals and values do not allow this to occur. I've heard a lot lately how people have lost their faith in humanity, but I absolutely refuse to lose my faith in this regard.

In the past 2 days at work, there have been incidences where someone needed help. Typically, because we are all "strangers in a strange world" we would just walk on by when someone needs help. I call this group of people "the walkers". Except there are a small few who never fail to offer a helping hand. I call this group of people "the helpers". I fall into "the helpers" category as I am always up for offering any assistance I could possibly lend. I think of it like this: Sometimes we fall, sometimes we need help. I've been in situations in the past where help was such a simple thing to ask for, but noone would actually help. I assume we all go through this.

Yesterday at work, as my coworker "J" and I were walking out to take a cigarette break, there was a man who was on fore-arm crutches who was attempting to get his wheelchair from the trunk of his car. Now, this seemed impossible just as someone watching him to do, but I walked over and assisted him, getting the wheelchair out of the trunk, setting it up, locking wheels in place and putting the cushion on the seat. But, to no avail someone else came to assist. We'll call this person "BG". BG is the VP of where I work. He noticed my efforts, helped out as well, asked my name and told me I was quite noble. How sweet.

Second incident was today right before lunch. Again heading outside to take a break, I opened the door to my department which leads into a hallway with elevators (Main hallway for the building I am). There I find a drug rep, bringing lunch and samples to an office upstairs. She had a dolley and apparently had dropped tons of these little drug samples all over the place. I stopped, bent down to help her pick them up. All the while about 6-7 people walked right past us. I helped her, which took all of 5 minutes to do, and in return for the help she handed me a king size Hersheys Special Dark bark. I told her I didn't need anything in return for the help but she insisted. I walked away feeling quite happy that I am at least a tiny spec in the world who offers to help people.

Sometimes it really does make a difference.