The world is full of people with different characters, attitude, mindset and convictions, some tread on the good path, some tread on the bad path and some just choose to be neutral regardless of what is happening in the world or in their surroundings. You can never truly know who a person is by just meeting them for the first time unless that person leaves a deep first impression on you.
Looking at what is happening in our society on a daily basis, I will say the world revolves around a scale that always tries to balance the Good and the Bad side of people, ignoring those that choose to be neutral. Just recently I was discussing with one of my colleague at work, he's somebody that loves talking about life and reality, as things have changed alot compared to when he was little and some people are finding it difficult to adapt and evolve together with the changing time.
He told me a story about a young boy from his town who was a driver, he drives people from one state to another or from one local government to another depending on how the day goes and when opportunity arises. He was not well educated but the passion and joy he derives when he drives his passenger's to their destination is very contagious, because he always makes the passengers smile and laugh whenever they boarded his car and the mood was always joyful and light.
One day, he was driving his passengers as always to their destination after fueling his car with the money he had collected as transportation fare from his passengers when his boss stopped him on the road after recognising his car. The car he drives was given to him by his boss for business which every weekend he submits the money to his boss and a certain percentage was given to him for the work, but it wasn't weekend yet and his boss stopped him on the road while he was driving.
The first word that came out of his boss was for him to park the car and hand over the keys neglecting the fact that passengers were inside. He was surprised by the sudden request and as he tried to reason with his boss, the boss said the car was due for maintenance and other gibberish excuses followed up. Seated at the front passenger seat was a woman who was observing everything quietly without saying a word, looking at how the boy was embarrassed and harassed by his boss.
After that, the passengers were transferred to another vehicle and before they all left, that same woman decided to collect the drivers number saying that she will call him because she wasn't happy with how his boss treated him. After some days without work, he received a call from the woman asking him to come meet her in Abuja. He told his dad about it and his dad told him to go but he will be calling him every 15 minutes after his arrival to know if everything is well because they both don't know the woman well enough.
On arrival, the woman welcomed him and took him to a restaurant to eat and after eating, she took him to a car dealership to pick a car of his choice that he will driving in other to continue his work. He picked a car which cost about 1.7 million naira and she paid for it. she fueled the car full tank and gave him a contract that he is to deposit monthly to her account a particular percentage and when he has deposited up to 2 million naira, he car will become his
Overjoyed, he drove home and explained everything to his dad and his dad harvested the best of his farm produce and went with the son to visit the woman in other to appreciate her. After that, the boy started working with the car and deposited exactly the sum required untill he was able to reach the agreed amount and the woman gave him the documents of the car and wished him well in life. That was how the boys life changed because of the woman's goodwill nature and how she saw the boy.
Look at some of the wealthiest people in the world today, if not that they are well known publicly, you might bump into some of them in the street with their casual wears and simple lifestyles as some of them love living that life of simplicity. A small genuine act of favour or simplicity might earn you an unprecedented level of grace and miracle.
All images are mine
