Don't Ever Think People Are Not Good At Heart

Wow, I have probably had the most heart warming day yet.  After an amazing day at school, and finally feeling like I have had a break through with my students, I walked out to the pedal on my bike no longer being attached...poor Betsy she got sick.  Not only did that happen, but a thunderstorm was brewing.  Lightening flashing and thunder rumbling.  In my head I was thinking "Great!  Just my luck, who else would this happen to?"  Thankfully my wonderful apartment mate Larissa, who speaks Chinese was riding home with me.  We went to the security guards at school, they all tried to help put it back on with no luck but directed us to a scooter shop around the corner.  After walking the bike over to the scooter shop, through the crazy traffic, we were told they only fix scooters, not bikes...no bueno!

Larissa went on her way since it was storming, and I went back to school.  The security guards called my a cab while they continued trying to fix my bike for me.  They don't speak english, I don't speak Chinese but we communicated with smiles and hand gestures.  Once the taxi arrived and we managed to fit Betsy into the truck, I got a sweet message from Larissa saying the security guards at our apartment want to look at the bike before I try to take it to a bike shop.  Needless to say, the wonderful door man not only got his hands dirty fixing my bike, he was my hero for the day, but he also made me promise I would take it to another bike shop to make sure it was safe to ride.

After having all of these people take time out of their day to help me put back on my pedal, it really warmed my heart.  These people did this because they are nice, kind people.  They were not asking for anything in return, just being a good neighbor.  This is what life is all about.  If more people were to do this, help people out how much happier would we all be?  Take today to do something nice for someone else...it really goes a LONG way!  Just the little things can turn a bad day into something good and a good day into something great.

Now, I get to ride my sweet Betsy around the Love River with friends and enjoy the joyous view!