You find kindness in the oddest of places

     Did you watch the video? If you don't have enough data on your laptop to watch it then it's fine. I'll explain what happened in the video for you before moving on.  Just click the link to Read More...

Take note, I don't know how original or genuine the video is but it sure sends out a message to all of us regardless. Alright then lets do this...





You see this T.V station called OCK TV organized a little experiment which they captured on camera. They sent someone to go around and ask strangers for food (mostly pizza). Now most of the people whom he asked where regular people like you and I who probably have their own day to day struggles. All the strangers that he asked refused giving him a slice from their pizza box or a spoon from their plate. Just imagine a stranger walking up to you in a fast food shop and asking you if he can eat from you plate of food...weird right? You probably would kindly or rudely decline the person depending on your character as a person. I for one know that I would decline or at least offer to buy the person a snack if I have the money.
    Now in the second part of the experiment. They sent two other people to go and give a homeless poor man a box of pizza. Then as the homeless man started up eating away at his 'manna from above' they sent the same person that they had sent before to the random strangers to this homeless man for the same purpose, to ask him for food and know if he would be willing to share. It didn't take much for the homeless man to open his box of pizza and invite him(the TV person) to sit and share the food with him. Now this is where is get interesting...

In the video you can hear the man that was planted by the TV station saying how hard life is out there. Then after a while and after eating he got up and thanked the homeless man. Not just any kind of thank you though, he verbally thanked him then reached for his back pocket, brought out some dollar notes (I'm not sure of the amount) and gave to the homeless man. The homeless man then broke down in tears.


Now if you compare these two stories you are probably going to get angry at all those other people who turned the stranger down when he asked for food. I mean with the homeless man in the picture it's only natural to criticize the other random stranger right? I understand that but I am not here for that, wanna know why? It's because it takes experience to understand a situation. If you have never been poor then you can't know how a poor person feels. If you have never been homeless, lonely, without parents, without a friend or without some basic everyday needs and privileges you get then you will never really get to fully understand life without those things. This doesn't mean that those people who turned the stranger away are bad people, not at all. It only means they haven't experience such a situation in their life before so they don't know how it feels. I mean I personally wouldn't easily give away my plate of food if a stranger walks up to me and asks me to give it to him. Not to talk of doing it in Nigeria where poor beggars on the street aren't even to be trusted(most of them aren't as poor as they claim).  It take a person who has experienced a particular situation to know how it feels. That is just simply the way life is. You can not blame those who haven't experienced difficulties to a certain critical level because they don't understand.

However you can do something about this. You can decide to be keep a kind mind state. A mind state that is always willing to help out people in need. A mind state that is free and willing to give. A kind mind state. You see kindness has it's own rewards and even if it isn't a material reward, you should know that the reward goes far beyond and deeper than what you might be able to see physically or understand. The reward is often greater than we are able to imagine. I know it isn't easy with the society we live in today but we should try and be kind regardless. Show a little kindness from your heart when you are able to. Do it because you want to do it and you know that the person needs your help. Be kind because you are capable of being that way.

Regardless of the little you might have, if you have experienced a situation of not having what you want or need then you should understand how hard it is. Learn to look after others with the little you might have. Also even if you haven't experienced such situations, just try to visualize the struggle as much as you can. Learn to give but of cos only give the much you can!

Finally, remember that giving doesn't always mean material things. Words of wisdom, advice, opportunities, help and many more qualify as gifts as long as they come through they heart. Just generally learn to share what you have no matter how little. Help someone out today. Try a little kindness.