Good morning hivers, I feel so happy this morning sharing what would have been an ugly and sad experience but turned in to a joyful situation. I felt so fulfilled late in the night when I reviewed the whole situation.
What Happened?
At the close of work yesterday, I was heading home in my car, driving myself the road was very peaceful and safe until I got to the second to last junction a roundabout bypass. The bypass road was a narrow road, and part of the road was covered by these road side hustlers selling Banana, plantain, oranges, and other fruits.
Apart from the activities of road side hustlers, there are these other road side hawkers moving and crossing the road at will in a bid to sell their wares. Honestly I was very observant and very mindful of these folks because of their unsafe movement. So I was like crawling at that spot, suddenly one of the hawkers, a young boy of about 9 years got distracted by other road side hustlers, in that distraction jump into road and bashed into the side of my car and fell down with his wares. I was so terrified and initially felt so bad. In that terrific state, I jumped out of my car and rushed to pick up the boy. On getting there, the boy was okay though. The impact of my jumping out of my car caused a mild hold up at that point which necessitated my apology to other road users that were held in that mild traffic hold up. I cleared my car from the road to really do a proper assessment of the boys situation, I was happy that the boy did not sustain any injury, my joy was that the boy was able to talk with me and assured me that nothing serious has happened to him apart from the fact that he fell down when he hit the side of my car. I offered to take him to the nearby pharmaceutical store around there at least to get him some pain relievers he refused. I did not really know what to do at that moment. So, I looked at what he was hawking, it was Melon seeds and I offered to pay for it he said that he wouldn't asked me to pay for the little that poured away when he fell but that he will be beaten at home. Oh poor boy I became emotional and told him not to worry that I wouldn't leave him to go like that. While all these was going on, those other road side hustlers were watching until one the hustlers came and told me that they have watched us enough and have discovered that I am indeed a family man who cares about children. The lady hustler told me that the cost of what poured away would not be more that one thousand Naira approximately less than $1, and since he does not sustain any injury that would warrant going to hospital nor any other place, that I should just give the boy anything at my discretion and leave. I said well I thank the young and gave him three thousand Naira little above $3. The boy said that was too much, I now told him that he should go with it that if he feels pain he can use the remaining to buy pain reliever.
Hivers, It was a joyful moment for me as it was not a case involving police, Hospital, and even that I have killed somebody. Over the night when I meditated on this matter, I felt relieved and joyful. I am happy and full of joy.
