LESSONS TO LEARN
One day I met this girl, and it was the first time seeing her. She looked troubled and at that moment she had no immediate help. This proved to be a chance for me to do something good for someone. The problem she had was that she grew up and is raised in a very rich family which spoiled her to the extent that she could not manage the least things of her own self. So, this girl was always taunted by her fellow students because of her weaknesses. Speaking of her clothes, she didn’t even know who washes them, she would just find her dirty clothes washed at day end ready to be worn again. She would leave her room untidy and when she returns, she would find all things sorted and in place. A lot of things were being managed on her behalf. This, in a way was not bad but it was now turning her life upside down. So, I met her at her point of need. The taunts from her fellows had amounted to the lengths she wouldn’t tolerate anymore. She was at any point of time going to do something which would risk her life.
I talked with this girl and I did my best to comfort her and to get her out of this problem. The conversation ended and she was now relieved and in a better state of mind than at the time when I met her. Time moved, days passed by, chapters opened and also closed. We never met each other again.
On this other day I was in a supermarket intending to buy something. Something terrible happened on this day. You know, when you do something without even thinking – that is what happened but it ended up spoiling the day. What happened is that, I saw a tray full of wrapped fruit cakes of small pieces being placed at the table in front of me. People who were around me were picking from this tray casually which gave me an impression that those cakes were being freely offered. I then also picked a few and quickly helped myself- I ate without a second thought. It was only when I picked the cakes that it became a crime- the alarm was sounding loudly and the amber security lights were flashing harshly. It was like I had taken the whole supermarket with me that it became a very serious issue. The security of this supermarket was really stunning, only for a few pieces of small cakes they caused all that noise.
Knowing this very well that I was the real cause of the problem, I quickly found myself out of the supermarket. I escaped and rested at a distance away from the crime scene. Unexpectedly, I was spotted by this colleague of mine while I was hiding. He was definitely bound to be suspicious because of the way I was hiding and the state I was in. I did not have enough energy to hide this matter from him, so, I told him what was happening. He, in a short while counselled me and advised me to go back to the supermarket and take full responsibility of my actions.
When I returned back to confess my crime, I found the authorities gathered by the corner discussing what had happened. It was indeed a sensitive management, all for small pieces of cakes they settled down to discuss. Maybe it was to make sure that no such thing gets repeated again, that a crime is committed and the one who is guilty is nowhere to be found. I enquired from one person who seemed to be an employee at this supermarket but he did not give me a proper answer of where I would find the manager to settle this issue with him.
I followed the man who was dressing informatively and showed to be one of the top authorities of the supermarket. I told him everything that had happened and he did not have any other thoughts but to hand me over to the security for disciplinary action. Before he could do that, the same girl whom I had helped several months back arrived at the scene. She was the man’s daughter and she rescued me. She narrated to her father of how I had helped her at her point of need when no one else was there to understand what was happening within herself.
On hearing this, the man’s heart was touched and his emotions were charged. He then forgave me for running away from my crime. On top of this he also gave me a scholarship offer to study abroad, and this on the note that I saved his daughter’s life.
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