There are times when we took our holidays, short vacations and leave to somewhere else like beaches, resorts, mountain trails that our mind can relax even for a while. A six-day work in a week is not easy sometimes, we could feel tired and empty that keeps our mind and bosy imbalance. In order to feed our appetite we must unwind even just for a day.

When the pandemic striked a year ago, we have encountered a lot of experiences, many work adjustments happened, skeletal work of force by 3-days work in a week or end up by unemployment status because of companies that closed. It came better for rest days, a lot of rest days but stay at home, quarantined and saddened by diminishing income and less financial assets.

I'm gonna sharing you a short story when we have visited to our local destination in our town.

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon, when I and my friend came to a treat to visit to a mangrove board walk near at the sea side. It's just few kilometres away from the town proper and it was very popular that time in our town. When we arrived there, we have few steps of walking and we passed by two children playing at the boardwalk.

At first, we smiled at them, then they both recite in a local dialect saying (Maayong hapon sir) Good afternoon sir then we replied "Maayong hapon sad" Good afternoon too.

My friend talk to them few words like where are they from and have they already eat their lunch. Then, they responded not yet. So, we give our food that we bring that hopefully for us and they are so lucky that time because we are not yet starving. While they are eating, they always saying thank you. We asked for the work of their parents and we have knew that their parents both are fishermens. And we asked for their education and they both studied at home taking modular class and I'm happy after knowing it.

After they eat, they have always following us up to the seaside then without any shy feelings they told us that if we came back can we buy slippers for them.

I look at their faces and I can feel the pitifulness in their hearts. I know the struggle of being a child wishing to have the things they ever wished. Before we went home and depart ways, we told them we will find them,the two of them for the slippers they asked for on us.

Author's Message

Even on a single act of help to someone we can make their hearts happy and full of joy.

Even if I could not be rich, I will always extend my arms in helping someone in need to the best of my abilities.

Thank you for reading.

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