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So I'm walking home from this morning, and on the grass verge next to the pathway was a girl I guess a few years older than me, crouched down on all fours. Next to her was man taking out his garbage- he didn't even look at her. Another man walked past, gave her a slight glance and kept on going. So as I was coming near her, i was looking to see what was wrong with her. By the time I was level with her I saw the poor girl was vomitting and looked absolutely terrible. I took two steps past her, stopped, and felt dreadful that I was exactly like those two men before me.
So I crouched over to the girl, and asked if she was ok. She had vomit all over her hands, so I took out my bottle of water and washed her hands for her and then gave her the water to drink. This poor girl was so grateful that I stopped. She was lovely. She wouldn't stop thanking me and said she had been there for a while and I was the only person to even acknowledge she was there. This really buggeed me... a young girl, on a main street, with people constantly passing, and noone stopped. What's the world coming to you know?
So I waited for a minute or two, helped her up and made sure she was ok to get wherever she was going. She was so appreciative.
Then when I walked away I started thinking, if that was my sister or friend in that position, I would want someone to help. I know its not a pleasant thing to help with, but for all we know, that girl might have needed some medical assistance with something seriously wrong. I'm not trying to blow my own horn here, but Im more making the point that it is so sad that when people can see people in need, they choose to ignore the problem- because really it doesn't concern then. But looking at the whole picture, yes it does! We are part of humanity, and at some stage or another, we are all going to need a helping hand.
So I crouched over to the girl, and asked if she was ok. She had vomit all over her hands, so I took out my bottle of water and washed her hands for her and then gave her the water to drink. This poor girl was so grateful that I stopped. She was lovely. She wouldn't stop thanking me and said she had been there for a while and I was the only person to even acknowledge she was there. This really buggeed me... a young girl, on a main street, with people constantly passing, and noone stopped. What's the world coming to you know?
So I waited for a minute or two, helped her up and made sure she was ok to get wherever she was going. She was so appreciative.
Then when I walked away I started thinking, if that was my sister or friend in that position, I would want someone to help. I know its not a pleasant thing to help with, but for all we know, that girl might have needed some medical assistance with something seriously wrong. I'm not trying to blow my own horn here, but Im more making the point that it is so sad that when people can see people in need, they choose to ignore the problem- because really it doesn't concern then. But looking at the whole picture, yes it does! We are part of humanity, and at some stage or another, we are all going to need a helping hand.