freespirit
20th September 2012, 04:59 PM
Good Samaritan bus driver gives his shoes to barefoot man
http://news.sympatico.ca/oped/coffee-talk/good_samaritan_bus_driver_gives_his_shoes_to_baref oot_man/5f2ddafb
The actions of a transit worker in Winnipeg not just reminds us that there is good in the world, but inspires us to be agents of that good in our own lives, too.
It's easy to talk about helping other people in need, but it's a whole other thing to go out of your way to actually come to someone's aid. In today's burst of good news, a bus driver in Winnipeg reminds us that there are kind-hearted people out there (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/09/18/mb-winnipeg-transit-driver-shoes.html?cmp=rss), and that helping someone out can be done even while on the job.
The unnamed Winnipeg Transit bus driver pulled over on his route — with his bus full of passengers — on Tuesday morning and approached a man walking on the sidewalk. From the bus, passengers watched as the driver took off his shoes, handed them to the man who was walking barefoot in the cold morning, and then returned to the bus in order to continue on the route.
This bus driver in Winnipeg did more than just give a man his shoes: he noticed a problem, went out of his way to fix the problem, and also inspired many other people at the same time. We often get trapped in routine and forget to notice the issues around us, and even when we do, we don't feel empowered to fix them. The transit worker not just noticed and fixed, but made us all think twice about what impact we're having on the world, too.
Not all of us can immediately give up a pair of shoes to someone that needs it — our circumstances dictate the flexibility we have around giving — but we all have the capacity to make a difference in the lives of the people around us, whether directly or indirectly, every single day. I believe that we all inherently want to help and want to make a positive impact on the lives of the people in need, but that sometimes we either don't notice, don't remember, or don't know how.
Sometimes it takes the actions of a shoe-giving bus driver to remind us that there are people in need around us, and we all have some kind of way to help, whether big or small.
http://news.sympatico.ca/oped/coffee-talk/good_samaritan_bus_driver_gives_his_shoes_to_baref oot_man/5f2ddafb
The actions of a transit worker in Winnipeg not just reminds us that there is good in the world, but inspires us to be agents of that good in our own lives, too.
It's easy to talk about helping other people in need, but it's a whole other thing to go out of your way to actually come to someone's aid. In today's burst of good news, a bus driver in Winnipeg reminds us that there are kind-hearted people out there (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/09/18/mb-winnipeg-transit-driver-shoes.html?cmp=rss), and that helping someone out can be done even while on the job.
The unnamed Winnipeg Transit bus driver pulled over on his route — with his bus full of passengers — on Tuesday morning and approached a man walking on the sidewalk. From the bus, passengers watched as the driver took off his shoes, handed them to the man who was walking barefoot in the cold morning, and then returned to the bus in order to continue on the route.
This bus driver in Winnipeg did more than just give a man his shoes: he noticed a problem, went out of his way to fix the problem, and also inspired many other people at the same time. We often get trapped in routine and forget to notice the issues around us, and even when we do, we don't feel empowered to fix them. The transit worker not just noticed and fixed, but made us all think twice about what impact we're having on the world, too.
Not all of us can immediately give up a pair of shoes to someone that needs it — our circumstances dictate the flexibility we have around giving — but we all have the capacity to make a difference in the lives of the people around us, whether directly or indirectly, every single day. I believe that we all inherently want to help and want to make a positive impact on the lives of the people in need, but that sometimes we either don't notice, don't remember, or don't know how.
Sometimes it takes the actions of a shoe-giving bus driver to remind us that there are people in need around us, and we all have some kind of way to help, whether big or small.