29.10.2016

Service - A man with a dog

You know those little containers in a car, made to store cups in them? They are also in my mother's car. And she literally always put there some money left from a trolley. It's almost a tradition that everytime I get in the car - I take them for myself. After a couple of weeks I have a quite big sum of money which I usually spend on coffee.
Some time ago I was walking to school through Stawowa Street and I noticed a man sitting on a wheelchair with a dog cowering by his side. I see him almost everyday while walking to school but this time I looked at him in a different way. I had one hand in my pocked and suddenly I touched some money I took from my mom's car. In that moment I thought - how about not spending that much trolley money on coffee and just share it with the man?
I walked over to him and handed him that small sum but he looked so grateful. We had a small talk, I stroked his dog - a beautiful German Shepherd - and then I just went to school.
But I decided to make a tradition of that small act of kindness.
Everytime I go through Stawowa Street and I see that man - I give him some money from my mom's car. But if I don't see him (because he's not always there) I simply save money for my coffee.
There was one week when I haven't seen the man, not even once, so I saved about 6 zloty just for me. But finally, I spent them on something else and it was a good decision. I bought some dog's food in a can and gave to the man's dog as soon as he appeared on Stawowa again.
He was very grateful again and I realized that despite the fact he can't give me anything in return - helping him makes me really happy.
I don't even know he's name, but I think we're friends now.


Learning Outcomes:

4. Show commitment and persevarance in CAS experiences  6. Demonstrate engagement with issues of global importance
7. Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions

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