Test your social quotient…

Hi all…

You come across many tricky situations when you are travelling, when you are in office or when you are in your home. Imagine the following small little situations. Think what you would have done in these situations.

 1) You stop your vehicle seeing the red signal. In the meantime a physically challenged vendor comes to you selling table cloths (Typical situation found near Nandanam signal). You dont even have the courtesy to open your car window and listen to them or you just would pretend not to hear them. Why not you buy those items even if you dont need them? Maybe it would cost from Rs. 5 to Rs. 10 which is not a huge amount for you but it is for the vendor.

 2) Let us suppose you go out for shopping. You pay the bill and receive the change for example let us consider you got Rs. 4 as the change. Nearby you see a drop box saying “Donations are welcome. Your kind donations would go to ….. hospital”. Why not you put the change into the dropbox without having second thoughts? Well your money would surely be spent for noble causes.

3) You are buying some fruits from a road side vendor. He says for example the price of 1 dozen of banana is RS. 13. You just bargain a lot and ask him to give it for Rs. 10 although you know that the price of the item is nominal. Why bargain that too for Rs. 3 with the roadside vendor? Well that amount would be his profit for the deal. Why not we pay them what they ask for unless it is exhorbitantly high? They would be happy with you.

4) You are walking on the road. You just come across a circus group. One small girl walks on a thin rope tied across both ends. You just stand there and admire her balance and concentration. You just forget to offer some help in the form of money or else you would just put 50 paise or 1 rupee maybe. When you can afford to spend around Rs. 150 for watching these things in a circus, why not contribute atleast Rs. 5 when you see such things? Same is applicable in the case of light music groups singing on the roadsides.

5) You find a small boy begging for money. You just would think of their plight and you may or may not give money. Why not you spend some time with him and buy bread and tea for him instead of just giving him some money? No issues. Your money is surely used usefully.

6) You are travelling in a bus with your sleaky headphones rocking your ears. A physically challenged person or an old person boards the bus. Why not you immediately offer him your seat? Dont worry. There is nothing wrong in standing for some distance and of course they would surely say “Thank You” for your kind heartedness.

7) You are seated in a bus/train. You see a school boy carrying a huge bag which is even heavier than him. Why not you immediately offer some help by keeping the bag on your lap till the boy gets down? This would reduce the small boy’s burden and also free some space in the bus/train.

 8) You are travelling in your vehicle and you come across an accident. You just stop you vehicle and see what happened like many others. Well why not you get down and offer any help which you can do like calling an ambulance or admitting the injured in a hospital?

9) You have a huge collection of dresses which have become slightly worn out or too short for you. You decide to dispose them off. Before doing that think of this. Many in our country don’t even have a good dress to wear. Hence, before disposing them you double check if these dresses would be useful if it is given to others. If yes then surely give those clothes to any poor people in and around your locality who are struggling to make both ends meet. This is applicable for any reusable item or even left over food.

10) Suppose you see a person driving a vehicle with his head lights turned ON or with his side stands put, why not you instantly tell him about that instead of thinking he will recognize that and why should i worry????

11) You see an old women trying to cross the road and you are coming in a vehicle. Why not you stop your vehicle so that the old women can cross the road? 
When you are walking on the road and you come across an old man struggling to cross the road under heavy traffic. Why not you help him cross the road safely??

There are numerous little things like these which you can surely do. They dont cost you much of your time, money or energy.

If you have realised these things and started following it, you can very well go for the next level. That is doing bigger things which requires more time and energy like these:

* Donate money for some trust
* Teach school children freely
* Sponsor education for a child
* Donate blood, donate eyes
* Be an active part in social service organizations like Exnora
* Visit some orphanage or old age homes regularly
 and of course spread these good thoughts among others.

Doing these things would surely make you a true BOSS (BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SERVICE).

Abraham Lincoln’s quote ” If we exchange 1 dollar, we both have ONE dollar each. But, if we exchange 1 good thought we both have TWO good thoughts “

Life is what we live and we need to make our life the happiest during our stay in this world. It would be even better if you are able to bring happiness in someone else’s life.