It was on the 31st of December, new year Eve's day, that I finally decided to visit a friend who has been inviting me to their place for a while now.

After having a nice at their place watching movies and eating lots of delicacies, it was time for me to take my leave. Through the bone-chilling weather, as the harmattan spares no one, my friend walked me to a junction where I'll board a taxi. Off he went back to the house leaving me to my fate.

When I thought there's no hope of getting a taxi after I stood at the junction for minutes, perphaps the god of luck was angry with me, a taxi finally appears.

How much will you take me to challenge bus stop? "eighty naira", the driver replied. I didn't hesitate to enter the taxi,I couldn't even stand to ask for a lower price. Well, I wasn't ready to be freezed by the cold, after all, my friend had earlier told me I would be charged same amount.

The car was about moving when a lady approach the driver, "please help me for seventy naira" she begged. Indignantly, the driver moved the car without uttering a word. But, this lady has been standing here before I came, how could she afford to still stand here because of ten naira?, well, what do I know, I said to myself.

After we have moved for some seconds, does this lady not live around here?, does she not know the price?, Perhaps, does she not have the ten naira? Were questions that runs through my mind in a flash. Then, I asked the driver to stop and revert. Earlier, my friend Aunt gave me a thousand naira as my fare, which is five times the actual fare, letting go of a ten naira is actually a tip of the iceberg, I said to myself.

Before we knew it, we had come to the bus stop, she was thanking me as if I bought her a car, I paid the driver and took my leave.

At the bus stop, I couldn't get a taxi going to my destination, I decided to board the one going to the nearest bus stop. On reaching where I was supposed to alight, the driver offered to take me to my destination for free, even though he wasn't going there. This should have cost me additional fifty naira.

I didn't assist the lady for any kind of benefit. But, it didn't take too long before I reap what I sowed. One may say, what is a fifty naira? The fact is, as it is to small things, so it is to big things.

What I'm saying in a nutshell is this; be good and do good to people anytime you can, for what goes around do come around.

Source; www.adejohspeaks.

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olumide3367:
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So, you don't believe in doing good?