Lesson learned.

I have come to the conclusion that life is created to test your strength, to see how good of a heart you have. This is a small description of a hard working woman who realized that others have it way worse than she believes. And that helping other does pay off.

She went to sleep with the hopes of waking up and all her problems will vanish. That her debt will disappear and she would have the perfect credit score. So she can buy that house, car or anything she wants without any problems. And then she wakes up and her battle has just begun.

Her coffee is not ready so she has to walk to the kitchen and prepare it or just push a button. Then she follow on going to the bathroom to brush her teeth and realizes that she needs to buy more toothpaste because she is almost out of it. Then she turns on the shower and have to wait until its warm enough because she hate cold shower. So meanwhile she continues to brush her teeth.

Looking at herself in the mirror she laugh at all the faces she make just to brush her teeth. Then she stops for a second and realize that she has a pimple on her left cheek. Her good side, the side she uses to take selfies and pose with her friends. So she quickly finishes brushing her teeth and turn off the shower because the mirror was getting foggy. She grabs a towel from the rack and cleans the mirror. And she start to stare at her pimple. That evil germ that has taken the beauty away. She thinks of popping it but then realizes that if she does she will leave a mark. She starts thinking should she pop it or just cover it up. She decide to leave it alone and cover it with makeup.

She turns on the shower again so it can get warm and walk to the kitchen to prepare herself a nice cup of coffee. She starts pouring the coffee in her favorite mug and the smell of that fresh brewed coffee starts filling the kitchen. Mmmmmm she loves it. Then she proceeds to open the fridge to grab the milk and then she realizes that she used the last bit of milk last night for her nightly snack. But she does not worry because she has creamer. So she pours the creamer in her coffee and puts two tablespoons of sugar in her coffee and starts sipping that delicious liquid that goes well with her morning.

She starts walking to the bathroom where she starts getting undressed and steps in the shower. The water is just right. While soaping herself she start looking at her body and realizes that she has gained some weight. So she has two things so far to worry about; the pimple that is on her left cheek and her weight.

She finishes with the shower and proceeds to her room. And this is where the real battle begins. She starts taking clothes out of the closet to see which fits. Clothes on, clothes off, she can’t decide what to wear. She gets a call and it’s her best friend to let her know that there will be an emergency meeting early in the morning. And that news just got her more worried. Now she have three things to worry about; the pimple on her left cheek, her weight gain and what will happen in this emergency meeting.

So she got dress and ready to head out the door. But where are her keys? She had left them on the table next to the entrance. So frantically she starts looking for the freaking keys. She can’t blame no one because she lives alone. Then she remembers that she had a jacket on and that they can be there. So she runs to her closet and there they are on the right pocket. So she grabs her belongings and starts heading to her car. 

If her day could get any better, she has a flat tire. She starts yelling and throws all her stuff on the front seat, puts her coffee in the cup holder and opens the back door. She continues on replacing the tire and her hands get all dirty and starts to sweat. Even thou is like 55 degrees outside. No one stopped to help her in this process. When done she runs to her apartment and tries to get cleaned up. She noticed that she got a black stain on her favorite blue shirt. Almost about to pull her hairs out she runs to the closet and grabs another shirt that matches with her outfit and puts it on. While doing this she looks up at the clock in her bedroom and notices that she has exactly 45 minutes before getting to work and 20 minutes before traffic gets real bad. Turning off the lights runs to the door and locks her apartment. Jumps in her car and drives off. While driving she grabs her coffee and takes some sips of it. Still nice and warm the smell of coffee makes her control her nerves.

Then she notices that she has gotten every single red light possible. He phone rings, but does not pick it up. It rings for the second time and thanks that she has it connected threw Bluetooth she answer the call. It’s her friend asking her where the hell is she at. That she has 20 minutes to get there. She then states that she is like 10 minutes away. Hangs up the call and continues driving. Approaching the parking lot she notices that someone else parked in her designated spot. And she is get real pissed, because now she will have to park further away and walk all the way to her office. Now she has four things to worry about. The pimple that is covered with makeup on her left cheek, her weight gain, what will be discussing in the meeting and who the hell parked in her spot. 

She finally gets to her office. Putting her belongings on her desk her friend signals her to hurry up and points to her watch. So she grabs her laptop, coffee, pen, note pad and runs to the conference room. On her way there she sees a couple of new faces and continues speed walking to her destination. Finally there she sits down where she normally sits just in time before the boss comes in with some people she saw while coming in.

So the emergency meeting was that there was going to be a new product that they needed feedback from everyone and they needed it like yesterday. So at least she was relieved on one thing. But still have other 3 things to worry about. The meeting comes out with good feedback and everyone starts leaving the room when she stops everyone. She starts asking then that who parked in her spot. No one answered. So she then goes to her office to continue with her job.

Lunch is almost in the corner and she is still working hard on whatever she is doing. He friend calls her and asks if she wants to go out for lunch. She responds that today she can’t because she has a lot of work on her plate today. That she will grab lunch from the cafeteria downstairs. It’s time for lunch and she goes to the cafeteria and grabs a sandwich, a Pepsi and some snacks. Goes back to her desk and continues to work on whatever she was working on.

As the day goes by she stops and notices that she has not gotten a break at all not even to enjoy her lunch and that is almost time to head out to her house. She looks out the window and it’s snowing. She then remembers that her tires are kind of slick and that she still has that temporary tire on because of the flat this morning. So now she has five things to worry about. Her pimple that is covered with makeup, the weight gain, who the hell parked in her spot, buying four brand new tires and that it’s snowing. 

She gather her belongings and starts heading out the building when she forgot the keys. So she runs back to her office grabs the keys and heads out the building once more. The snow has accumulated like 3 inches. She turns the car on, then turns on the heater and waits in her seat shacking cold until her car finally warms up. She can’t believe all the stuff that has happened to her. She starts crying. Finally the car warms up and she start driving with caution. Stops at the tire shop to get four brand new all-weather tires. Now she is a little more at ease.

Then she is finally on her way home. On one of the red lights she sees this homeless man around his 60’s in a pretty bad shape asking for some money because he is cold and wants a cup of coffee. She also noticed that he has been there since this morning, that is snowing and is cold and heck outside. She clears her front seat and tells the homeless man to come in, that she will buy him a cup of coffee. He tells her that he does not want to dirty her nice car in the inside. She does not care about that and still tells him to come in.

The old man gets in her car and starts thanking her. She tells him not to worry. They arrives at a Panera Bread where they both go in the restaurant and she tells him to order whatever he wants. The he proceeds and requests a hot tall coffee and a sandwich. She then orders and follows by paying the total.

The old man is still thanking her and can’t believe that she has done this for him. There order is ready and they go to a window table and start eating. Then she asked the old man how and why he became homeless. So he proceeded on telling her his story. Not even half done with his story she stops eating and starts crying. She could not believe what she is hearing. He had served in the military for 35 years, gave everything for his kids, his wife had died of cancer seven years ago, his ungrateful children put him in a senior citizens facility, and they kicked him out because he could not pay to be there, he called his ungrateful kids for help and they all denied him the help. She was in complete tears. The manager from the store came to her and asked if there was a problem. She said no. To please leave them eat in peace. The old man stopped talking and told her that he was sorry if he caused her any pain or bothered her with his life.

She told him that she was honored in meeting him and being able to share a snack with such a great man. He told her that tank you but he was just a homeless man with nothing to lose. They finished eating and the old man continued to thank her. She said that she was not going to allow him stay in the streets with this cold weather. They drove to Walmart where she bought him some nice warm clothes and personal items so he could get cleaned up. He could not believe that a complete stranger is helping him. So after buying things for him and she’s getting some other stuff, they pay and head out to her apartment. He is still astonished and still can’t believe all that is happening.

They arrive to her apartment and she tells him where everything is and continues preparing the guess room for him. He was in the bathroom for at least two hours. When he finally came out, he was a changed man. She smiled and told him how good he looked. He just smiled and told her how grateful he was for what she was doing for him. She told him that he could stay there with her and she will get him a job too. He got in his knees and started crying. He started thanking God for such a blessing and he had sent an angel to help him. She just held his hand, knelled down with him and prayed.

That night she cooked and they both ate watching TV. Then he retired to bed because he was a little tired. She said good night and proceeded to clean the dishes and the kitchen. When finally done went to her room to start to take a shower. She looked in the mirror and smiled while brushing her teeth. When done she took a nice hot shower and proceeded to go to bed. Then watch some TV until she fell asleep.

The next morning when she woke up the pimple she had on her left cheek had disappeared. She then went to the kitchen to prepare her coffee and to her surprise the old man had cooked her breakfast and made her the most delicious cup of coffee she had ever tasted. She thanked him and ate breakfast with him. When finished she told him to get dress that she was going to give him a job. Then they got ready and while heading out her keys were on the table next to the door. They walked out and locked the door.

They proceeded to work where she got all green lights. She could not believe it. When arriving to work her spot was available for her. They started walking towards her office when she suddenly stopped and talked to the mail department. Then proceeded to her office where she told the old man that he will be working in the Mail Department and not to worry about anything that she had him covered. The old man could not believe it. He thank her so much. She then shows him where he will be working.

Even thou her debt had not disappeared, did not have a great credit score, didn't lose weight and never found out who parked in her spot. She was happy, content and blessed that she was able to help someone in need. 

So next time you someone in need, go and lend a hand. Today it can be them but later down the road it can be you. God will not give you material things but He will sure bless you and give you peace and tranquility.