A small act of kindness

[Samui Bodoh]

This morning I received a small, but very welcome, act of kindness and it got me thinking...

 

I go cycling every morning around 4:45 AM and have a route where I go 10 kilometers out and then return. This morning, I was about 9.5 kilometers into my ride when I ran over a piece of glass which sliced open my front tire. I cursed, shook my fist at the heavens, briefly wallowed in self-pity (Why Me, God? Why Me?), then started walking; I fully expected to walk all the way back home, fighting off the occasional Soi dog as I went. One minute into my walk, a guy with a pick-up truck stopped next to me, looked at my tire, looked at me, and motioned for me to throw my bike in the back and get in. I hesitated for a second as I was dripping with sweat (I cycle hard) and smelled bad, but the prospect of that long walk overcame my embarrassment. I thanked him profusely in my terrible Thai (I speak four languages, but can't do tonal ones) and he dropped me off at the top of my Soi, 10 kilometers away. 

 

It was simply a nice thing for him to do.

 

I don't read/post much on TVF anymore as I am tired of all the endless negativity, nit-picking and Thai-bashing, and especially have gotten tired of the 'I hate Koh Samui' threads that seem to pop up on a regular basis; those of us who are lucky enough to live on the islands know that there are very decent people here. I guess that I simply wanted to let people know that all the 'I hate Koh Samui' posters are flat-out wrong; the islands are wonderful places to visit and even nicer places to live.

 

In the larger sense, we are approaching the Christmas season which promotes 'Peace and Goodwill to All Men' and the nice gentleman's actions this morning inspired me to make even more of an effort to be kind to my fellow islanders. 2020 has been such an awful year that it is sometimes easy to say 'screw it' and not try, but that would be wrong; it is because 2020 has been such an awful year that I am pledging to be kinder and more thoughtful to others.

 

I hope everyone is happy, healthy, safe, appreciating the wonderful place we live in and appreciating the wonderful people who share it with us.

 

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays to all

 

 

[Tmoney]

Lovely post SB and I totally agree with your sentiments.

We sometimes forget and take for granted just how lucky we are to be able to live on this beautiful island.

Enjoy the festive season.

 

[1FinickyOne]

Thanks for the positive post.. 

 

 

[Sujo]

Nice post and well written, gave me a laugh to vision you shaking your fist to the heavens.

[CharlieH]

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[Birdman]

9 hours ago, Tmoney said:

Lovely post SB and I totally agree with your sentiments.

We sometimes forget and take for granted just how lucky we are to be able to live on this beautiful island.

Enjoy the festive season.

 

 

A barbwire on that palm tree? Sometimes someone somehow overdoes it.   

[Tropicalevo]

Very well said Samui Bodoh.

Thank you.

[Tmoney]

13 hours ago, Birdman said:

A barbwire on that palm tree? Sometimes someone somehow overdoes it.   

Yes, I saw that too and it's a shame it's there but I can imagine a couple of drunken idiot tourists climbing along and felling the tree which would be even worse, in fact that is probably why the owners felt the need to do just that.

[ChakaKhan]

my 'small" act of kindness is when I give the Gf the ole pickle tickle! ????