Still, there are Good Samaritans...

While the media are flooded with news of cruelty, brutality and inhumanity categorically caused by terrorism, there are still kind souls and good neighbours around.

I recently learnt that there was a local businessman who with a kind heart, set up a business to help his friend make a living because the latter was severely injured in an automobile accident, suffered temporary and partial disability for six months and had not been able to go back to his previous job as he could only work on light duties now. I was impressed with this businessman who rendered practical and kind help to a friend who is in need.

From the look of it, it appears that this businessman is helping his friend make a living, but personally, I think it is more than that, he is actually making a life. This friend feels greatly indebted to and deeply appreciative of the extraordinary help rendered to him and has decided to make the best of his life now.

As he went through and survived the accident, and met a Good Samaritan, he now appreciates the value of his life and understands the meaning of life. He is taking his life with a balanced perspective knowing that life is so fragile and unpredictable but with much gratefulness for the special help he received from his friend.