Observations from life, translated…
Before Mother’s Day, I’d read an article on the news, the mothers of several autistic children took bundles of carnations to a bus company in Taichung, to give thanks to seven drivers; they’d thanked them for allowing their kids to ride the bus, without being discriminated against, and how they’d reminded them to get off their stops too.
This heartwarming news story reminded me of an event from two years ago. One day, my car was in the shop, and so, I’d taken the bus to work; as the bus approached the bus stops, the bus slowed down considerably, then, the driver left his seat, got out, and helped a young man who had a cane alight the bus, and, waved goodbye to his father, who was waiting for him.
After everybody got on the bus, the driver apologized to all the passengers who were already there, “Sorry to keep you all waiting.” After this young man sat down, I’d realized, that he was blind.
I’d told the bus driver, “You’re so full of compassion!” He’d smiled and replied, “it’s nothing, just doing what I can to help out.” He’d told me, that the father of this young lad would come to the bus stop at eight thirty, and, even IF there was another driver, his coworkers would always help this young man out. And, this young man who couldn’t see confirmed what the driver had told was true, said that all the drivers are extremely kind towards him.
There are so many drivers across the nation who are speeding, who just wanted to get through their shifts, who failed to stop if the bell was rung, had bad attitudes, but, that time, riding on the bus, it’d turned over my feelings toward these bus drivers.
With the focus of public services shifting to the people, the kindness in the atmosphere came from the drivers on the front lines, and, those drivers who received carnations as thank you, is the best proof of that.
And so, kindness is so easy, and, the kindness you’d shown others won’t go unnoticed, because even IF nobody is aware, the ones you’d helped out, and you yourselves, will know, and that, should be enough.