Helping a Child Afford Some Juice

--by Smitha, posted Jan 23, 2010

When the rain stopped, I felt like an evening walk was the perfect thing to do. I woke up my friend who was on her bed. She had broken her arm a month ago and was waiting for the cast to be removed. So, I thought a walk would make her feel fresh and would help her.

Our evening walk led us to a fruit juice shop. As I was taking my last sip of tropical mango juice a little boy came in to get some juice, he seemed to be in a hurry. Maybe the little one did not realize that tinned juice cost a bit more than fresh juice. When he realized that he did not have enough money to buy it, he started to turn to walk back to his dad to get more money. I saw his dad waiting for him on the other side of the road in a bus shop. It looked like they were in a hurry and did not want to miss their bus. I called the boy and gave him the canned juice and paid for it. The boy accepted it, smiled, thanked me and ran to his dad. They both waved at me as they got into their bus.

A small incident that made me realize that it isn’t difficult to make yourself happy. You just have to do small acts of kindness and brighten another person's day.

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Posted by Smitha
Jan 23, 2010
Comments (6)

Readers Comments

luckyman wrote: A wonderful timely gesture! The reward is your happiness. In those little moments in small gestures humanity lives and rejoices!

I am so happy reading your account. You have listened to your heart. Thank you dear friend.

From chennai with love!

May god bless you you and your friend!

Aurelia wrote: You are Super! I love your story. Thank you for noticing the little guy and helping him out! I'm sure he has learned to be kind also.
~Smiles are Contagious~ :0) Aurelia

sethi wrote: You made their day . Thanks .

FairyBubbles wrote: That was such a lovely thing to do - you have a lovely kind heart.

innerjourney wrote: Thank you for being there for the boy...may you and your friend be blessed.

Love, Manish:)

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