My attention was drawn at the back when I heard a loud honk. Did I not park properly? I asked myself.
A car was trying to parallel park. Just by looking on how she positioned the car, I can tell she’s not used to parallel park, like me:) Unfortunately the pick up truck driver behind honked his horn impatiently. The woman did what she can to let the truck pass, still not properly parked. Another car was waiting, so the woman did not move to signal the other car, who’s driver was a young lady, to pass too. The young lady drove a bit forward and stopped where the woman would see her. At that moment I thought she was gonna yell at her but she waved her hand, smiled and she directed the woman using her hand to back up more. She helped her instead! When the woman was properly parked, the young lady waved again, smiled and drove.
We can always choose to help. But most of the time it’s more convenient not to. The choice is always ours. When we choose to help and be kind to people we know and we don’t, there’s always a possibility that they pay it forward, ripple effect it is. If they don’t pay it forward, it’s really up to them. It is not our responsibility to transform other people, but we are responsible to bring Christ to people and we are responsible to love them. To help can be a very good way of bringing Christ to others. Simple act with great impact.
