01/05/2025
I noticed we had grass growing rapidly inside my new compound, so my neighbor and I decided to get rid of it.
I asked around and found someone who could do it.
I brought him to the compound and showed him around. He said he would clear it for 3K, but we could also negotiate.
I was surprised because the work seemed too much for that amount.
So, I told him we would pay him 5K instead.
Man, the dude was overjoyed.
He ran off to get his working tools, came back, and was almost starting off.
I asked him to wait and confirmed if he had something to eat.
He said no, that he hadn't eaten since the evening before.
I quickly prepared tea, bread, and fried eggs for him.
Tears came to his eyes when I gave him the food.
He finished eating, picked up his tools, and worked enthusiastically with all his heart.
At intervals, I would stop what I was doing inside to check on him. Sometimes, we would chat and laugh. (Dude was a real jolly fellow, lol.)
He finished for the day and said he'd come back the next day to pack the grass.
I gave him the 5K.
He was really excited. I told him to take my contact so he could reach me before coming the next day. He said he would have loved to, but he didn't have a phone.
He said he sold it two weeks back so he could eat. All he had left was his SIM.
I felt his pain, but I remembered I had an Itel phone I wasn't using, so I gave it to him along with 500 Naira for a recharge card.
Tears rolled from his eyes instantly.
He said one of the deepest "God Bless You" I've ever received in my life.
So, he left excitedly.
And for me, I slept like a baby that night.
Dude came the next day and continued the remaining task with so much passion.
I could literally see it all over him.
I shared some rice I had left with him for breakfast, and by 12 noon, he was done with the whole task.
He thanked me endlessly and left.
All this happened last weekend (Saturday and Sunday).
Today, very early in the morning, I got a call from him, and he gave me great news.
He said his former boss, who had relocated from Ibadan to Abuja, reached him on the phone the same day he inserted his SIM into the phone I gave him.
His boss told him he had been trying hard to reach him for weeks to no avail.
The boss sent him 100,000 Naira this morning and assured him of the possibility of getting him engaged again.
Man, I was even happier than he was.
He ended the call with these words:
"Senior man, if I hadn't met you, this opportunity would have passed me by."
Tears just dropped from my eyes!
Why my long boring story?
Always do the little things you can do to change people's lives. It might seem little to you, but it might be the answer to their long-standing heart desires.
These acts of kindness may not necessarily come in monetary forms.
- You can tell people kind words.
- Give them a bit of your time.
- Hear them out.
- Give them warm hugs.
- Never despise or look down on them.
- Applaud them when they carry out duties for you.
- Make them feel like the human beings that they really are.
And you might just be saving a life in the process.
Have a blessed day..
