A great thing happened to me in the Coop lunch time. I was served by Mike Harris, one of our members. My shopping came to £20.26p. I only had a £20 note. I told mike i had to put something back, the loaf of bread could wait maybe.
Before i finished the statement, a lady behind me said “i will pay for that”. I had never met this lady. She must have been at least 70 years old. She could hardly see and had dark glasses on. She had a walking two walking sticks and was wobbling constantly.
I initially turned it down, and was somewhat embarrassed at not having enough money. I assured her “i did have money in the car honestly!”. Then i decided to accept her generosity.
That 26p wasn’t much but meant heck of a lot to me.
Then i immediately offered her to come to the gym and said i would help her get back to health or help in some small way. She accepted even though she felt as if she wasn’t physically capable of doing much, i then explained to her that we had many members with balance problems and she would improve with us given time.
The kind lady promised to come down in one month after her holidays.
What a great lady that was still contributing in life, despite her obvious physical limitations, and i look forward to seeing her and introducing you all to her.
When you contribute (most of the time) others want to give back to you and give you back in any way your generosity and good deeds. We are lucky to have so many of you at the gym helping others each and everyday.
I’m a firm believer in the more you help people, the more you get back. I don’t mean money, i mean in goodwill, self-fulfilment, the rewarding feeling you are helping someone in a non-patronising way, and maybe you are meant to bump into someone at that stage in your life, so you get help at exactly the right time, or you are meant to give help to that person at that particular time.
Giving is good as long as you don’t expect anything back. Help one person a day and over time you change many people’s lives.
