Last week I had a real problem; I couldn’t buy any SALT; nobody’s selling it. I kept on searching anywhere near my neighborhood. So I asked why they’re not selling salt, the vendor said, “their supplier did not deliver.”
I only needed a little bit of salt, just to add flavor to my cooked food. It was 2AM in the morning; although stores were open, nobody sells salt. Luckily, the kind Sir offered me free salt. He said, “I’m not selling, but I can give you some of our salt.” I never thought of asking because we’re no longer in the province where it’s easy to ask free salt from our Grandparents.
Wow! His offer was very satisfying and it made me feel special. I am so thankful and grateful for the offer. For me, it’s the best offer I can get from strangers, nobody would dare to give me some salt. Today, I also ask for salt; the seller has a sack of salt and he’s not selling. I guess the universe is asking me to learn how to ask again.
The last time I had to ask was when I was in Grade 4; when I started grade 5, I stopped asking, I started receiving money and I kept on buying things I could have only asked from my neighbors. I’d rather ask than spend money that was hard earned by my parents. It felt so dissatisfying but it was needed.
Now that I have my own hard earned funds, I also felt the same way; this guilt of spending money. It doesn’t make me happy the same way accepting from others gift does. I still value the gifts my friends gave me. I love the care, anything that doesn’t use money; I also love things that I personally bought using money; the real value of money depends on how you spend it. We gave real value to money and it’s up to you to make it valuable in your life. Let’s spend wisely.
Serving for free also made me happy. I guess, giving and receiving for free without business involve really made me happy. I have been searching for happiness and I found it in little things, like what I did yesterday with the kitten.
Not to brag, but what I did really made me feel like a hero like I finally did something of value, something I can be proud of. I helped a kitten crossed the street. The timing was right and there’s enough time left for me to return; hadn’t I took action immediately, I wouldn’t have been able to do the right thing.
Glad to have finally used some of the skills I learned years ago, and I’m forever thankful and grateful for all the trainings I received from my previous family. I’m so lucky to have gotten in, thanks to my friend who believed in me. I’d forever be thankful and grateful.
“Ask and you shall receive.” What I did was voluntary, just pure care for a cat. It’s risky but I trusted myself that I will make it in time. That #actofkindness, not expecting for anything in return, that’s pure joy. I just confirmed that the joy I’m looking for isn’t in the game of life; not in business, not in acquiring lots of materials, not with perfect house (because no house is perfect, there’s always going to be a house much better than yours; nothing visible in this world that can satisfy me), not with perfect figure, good positions, wealth, nor a man or a woman, neither a family because nothing is made perfect to make you happy.
What makes you and me truly happy that will last a lifetime is the act of kindness to those who cannot give back, truly. To do things for free, to volunteer, to serve for free, to speak up, to share, to contribute without expecting in return. To do the right thing without expecting in return.
If you want to receive something for free, ask. “Ask and you shall receive; not everything can be bought, because not everything is for sale.” Trust is earned, and it cannot be bought. Real happiness cannot be bought as well.
Not everything can be bought, some can be given politely, you just have to ask.
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