Helping others

　　　The next topic of my oral training class is about helping others. Christina wanted us to imagine that we are driving on the road while a person who needs helps is waves his or her hand. Would you stop and help that person? My answer is that if “his” car is broken, I’ll call the car factory and find someone else to help him. But if he wants me to drive him to other place, it’s impossible. But after Christina’s experience sharing, I became to doubt that whether helping others is true or false. Or when I myself may incur some problems, should I really give up helping the one who needs me?

　　　Christina said that one time she drove in United States and met a man had some problems with his car. Christina wanted to help and she didn’t even have to get off her car but her friend refused it. Her friend only said “You never know.” I was shocked actually because her friend is right. You never know whether he is a good person or not. But in such a cold weather and he needed to wait for a long time until next car will pass by, how can we just abandon him? I hate, of course, those who take advantage of other people who trying to help them. It is them that make others dare not to help someone they are not familiar with or something that may bring them some troubles.

　　　But how about those really need our helps? For example, if you see a child was kidnapped, can you just pretend that you didn’t see anything happened or simply think that it’s not your business but other’s? Because you might get hurt and even die if you trying to help the child, rescue the man who was drown, or save the cat which almost collided by a high speed car, you choose to stand, watch, and go away silently. Human beings are selfish. They didn’t want to lose anything – such as money or their precious time – by helping others, but once they need help or their close friends and family need help, they blame humankind are bastards. They called those watcher are cold-blooded, but they didn’t notice that they did the same thing before, probably hated by someone else, too.

　　　Even though there are so many unfair things in the world, such as our charity might not be rewarded, I still believe that human beings are born with love. We love and are loved by others. We feel sad when others have difficulties although we didn’t know one another. And I believe that’s the reason why so many people will donate money to help the poor children or some severe injured people even if they are not rich at all. Those people who receive helps must help others in their own ways, too. We should really cherish the time we are able to help others, and don’t feel sorry when we need other’s help. Because only when you realize the feeling of receive helps, you know what’s the true meaning of helping others.