Great thinkers have had a lot to say about good deeds over the years. From Buddha to Shakespeare to Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S, everyone commends them I can't open Facebook without being encouraged to pay for someone's coffee or help them carry their parcels. St Basil (not the Fawlty Towers one) said: A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers love; pleasure bestowed on a grateful mind was never sterile, but generally gratitude begets reward.
Well, I certainly got my reward for helping the fellow next to us to put his tent back together on Wednesday night. At 6.30 on Thursday morning, he was back knocking on the door to return the rope and tent peg I had given him, and tell me some of his life story. When I was having my lunch he was back again, with some more anecdotes about life in Deloraine. The only way to escape him was to get in the car and drive away. He certainly wouldn't take the hint that I had other things to do. Later on, I was sitting under the awning reading, when he appeared, full of wisdom and scurrilous gossip. He has a speech impediment which make him difficult to understand; he is clearly intellectually challenged and doesn't have a good thing to say about anyone. He bashed my ears for two hours in that session until Marilyn arrived in the Community Car to whisk me away to Mole Creek.
When he turned up again as we were getting dinner ready, I'd had enough, so we packed up and moved on. I'm somewhat anti-social at the best of times and I found his constant chatter, bad language and aggression too much. Is this what it's going to be like when we're on the road? My heart sinks.
Well, I certainly got my reward for helping the fellow next to us to put his tent back together on Wednesday night. At 6.30 on Thursday morning, he was back knocking on the door to return the rope and tent peg I had given him, and tell me some of his life story. When I was having my lunch he was back again, with some more anecdotes about life in Deloraine. The only way to escape him was to get in the car and drive away. He certainly wouldn't take the hint that I had other things to do. Later on, I was sitting under the awning reading, when he appeared, full of wisdom and scurrilous gossip. He has a speech impediment which make him difficult to understand; he is clearly intellectually challenged and doesn't have a good thing to say about anyone. He bashed my ears for two hours in that session until Marilyn arrived in the Community Car to whisk me away to Mole Creek.
When he turned up again as we were getting dinner ready, I'd had enough, so we packed up and moved on. I'm somewhat anti-social at the best of times and I found his constant chatter, bad language and aggression too much. Is this what it's going to be like when we're on the road? My heart sinks.
A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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