Life has taught us a lot that you do not find at home, school or university, I remember that my friend and I got lost at night in one of the Spanish towns and did not know how to return to Madrid!
At that time, I was not navigator, we did not have a map, and I was new to Spanish, as I had only been there for several months.
It was late night and there was no shop, cafeteria or petrol station to ask how to get to the main road leading to Madrid?
A man driving stopped us and asked him to show us the way, and he said, “Follow me.”
We followed him and walked behind him until we reached the main road leading to Madrid.
There was a sign on the side of the road that said the name of the town we were in and it was 11 km underneath.
I told my friend to tell him that what he did to us is a great favor and I wanted to reward him for it, so my friend asked him how can we return this favor to you?
The man said a word that I have never forgotten in all my life; He said return the favor to others, Then he got in his car and went.
It is true that denying the favor is harmful, but it will not prevent us from continuing to do the good, and it is true that you must do the favor with his family, but sometimes it is not possible to know others, is it from the people of the known who appreciate the good or not until you try them, but we must revive the favor among us so that life continues, we are all vulnerable to affliction and we may be today who gives and tomorrow we are the ones who take?
29.05.2024
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By Ali Almawali