Praise, Admiration and Appreciation

Two times in which I felt an expression of praise, appreciation and gratitude was required is, when I witnessed A boy give money and food to a homeless person and when my father decided to take some kids home who were stranded at a convince store.

All my life I’ve seen people give money to homeless individuals and I’ve given as well. This time was different for me as the person who gave the money and food was no older that thirteen or fourteen years old. One could assume that the kid didn’t have much money himself but recognized that his situation was betterthan the homeless persons. So many people walked passed the homeless person including myself because even though you may want to help, you can’t help all the time. The kid’s selflessness made me go back and give the homeless person some money as well as the kid. Also, I gave him my appreciation, praise, and gratitude for what he did. I didn’t get any names I just took the opportunity that was created by the kid to be selfless as well. 

Another time I witnessed a situation that deserved praise, appreciation, and gratitude, was when my father decided to take two kids home who said they were stranded at a convenient store. The two kids were no older than ten, with one being a boy and the other being a girl. They approached us and asked for money, to buy some food. My father because of the time of day being around 10pm, asked them if they were ok? They responded by saying, they were stranded but didn’t live to far from their home. My father then asked if they needed him to call someone to come pick them up? The kids called their mom, but she didn’t have means of transportation to get to them. So, he then asked if it was ok for us to drop them off? Their mother responded by saying yes. My father then bought them some food and dropped them off at their home. I never said anything to my father about that, as the gesture was something that I’ve seen him do in different variations many times before. I guess I was use to these acts of selflessness from him and for some reason felt weird giving him praise for it. I think another reason why I chose not to say anything, was the understanding that I was raised to always try to do the right thing, not for the praise but because you’re supposed to.