Surprises in Kindness and Betrayal: A Tale of Two Encounters

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I have received different act of kindness in the past but then the one that still stick with me and even came as a shock to me was the one that happened recently.

It happened that I was going somewhere. I tried to board a bike but then the money they were demanding to take me to my destination was more than what i intially planned for . The worse thing was the fact that I still needed to take a bike back home and the money I had on me was just limited. So I decided to take a walk down the street to see if I can atleast see a bike man that would take me for a cheaper price. Now, Immediately I got to the junction down the street, i just came across a woman who confronted me. At first,I was scared because I didn't know her intentions and the country isn't that safe. But then she came closer to me and asked for where I was going. I told her that I was going to these particular place and that the price the bikemen wwre demanding from me was just not what i expected. She was more familiar with the place and the money they would normally agree on, to take only me there. So she asked for the problem and then i told her that i don't have much money on to me pay the bikemen. To my suprise, she just brought out money from her bag, gave it to me and said I should add it to the money that was initially with me. I was stunned and my head was just filled with different thoughts, did this woman give me this money out of her own free will, or she gave me money because she had an ulterior motive??. She didn't even know me from anywhere and she still decided to lend me a helping hand. Despite my skepticism, I thanked her and used the money to get to my destination and return home safely. Coincidentally, as soon as I got back home, it started raining heavily. If not for her help, I might have been stranded and soaked in the rain.

This experience reminded me of another time when I had to ask for help, but the outcome was very different from what i expected. During my second semester in my third year in school. I had this roommate who was well-to-do. He had money on him and at that particular time,I was very broke and I struggled financially in school. I had no choice but to meet him for help because there was just nobody i could think of other than him. He gave me part of the money i asked for but then he sent me on an errand to help him get food from the cafeteria.

This was so painful and embarrassing at the same time because this guy is my friend and he is very much younger than me but because I needed his help I had no choice but to run errands for him. Asides from that, there were times when he used the situation to throw insults at me, often masking them as jokes."

That situation created a rift between us. We no longer share the bond we once had, though we still exchange greetings occasionally. But then i pray to never find myself in such a position again, where seeking help feels more like a burden than a relief.

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