A 100 Plus and A Lock of Hair Made My Day

#1 The lock of hair from a random stranger

Mom went for her Chinese New Year hair perm today. She came back with a small black plastic bag with a huge smile plastered on her face. She excitedly came up to me and told me that she’s got a lock of hair for me to donate to Locks of Hope, a non-profit foundation dedicated to make wigs out of human hair for cancer patients. She then elaborated that she overheard another customer wanting to cut her hair short, so she asked if she could have her lock of hair.

My mom isn’t the most educated person to teach me my ABCs and all the general knowledge I needed to know but she taught me a lifelong lesson from young, which is to be kind and always to help others.

#2 A RM 2.40 worth of 100 Plus

I went to the petrol station a while ago and as the station was almost full house, I was left with a pump which was on the opposite side of my fuel tank. While I was struggling to gauge if the nozzle is possible to reach the tank, this kind petrol attendant dropped his dustpan and broom and took the nozzle off my hand. While I failed to make my payment, he stood there so patiently to instruct me step by step to make through the payment. I expected him to leave when my payment got through but he went over to the other side and start filling my fuel tank. It was 9pm in the evening, I decided to buy him a 100 Plus with hope that it’ll ease his day. I passed him the drink and when I got back into my car, I saw the brightest smile on him as I caught a glimpse through the side mirror. I remember how excitedly he showed the bottle of drink to his petrol attendant friend.

I understood it wasn’t because he needed the drink badly that he was so delighted. It was probably the very few acts of kindness that he has received throughout his stay in this foreign country.

I am writing this down as a timely reminder to myself that a simple act of kindness can easily make a person’s day. I am not earning an above average salary but RM 2.40 is not a significant amount to lose. To buy someone’s happiness, why not? And this too, is an effort working one of my new year resolutions, which is to spread more kindness and happiness to others.

 

I haven’t ran out of happiness in a very long time like today, I’m not in my best form. But these little things made my day. I then realized, sometimes happiness doesn’t stem from receiving but giving