Doing a good deed
Today, me and my friends joined an outreach program with the Asilo kids. At first I’m a bit hesitant coz it is my first time to really treat the kids out. Though it’s been a yearly event that my family goes to hospicio, this year is really different. Before, it’s more of feeling obliged to continue my tatay’s good deed of donating. And that’s about it. I thought a pay days check is enough. But it’s not the money that is important. Our time is more important.
Just imagine those kids who’s 365 days is more spent in the four walls of the orphanage. Waiting for some good Samaritan to visit them and spend time… Laugh and play with them.
I felt so guilty for loosing patience right away to one kid. I just hate his being gender bias. But when he hugged me, my heart melted and felt so sorry.
Those kids have their own story to tell. And most of that stories are really sad. I hope today will at least made them forget their sad past. I hope we made them really happy for them to have more happy stories in their memories.
I promise that I’ll do this more often. I promise I’ll be more thankful and cheerful. We are their hopes and strengths. But I felt different. They made me hopeful and gave me another kind of strength.
