This story happened several years ago and I'll try to make it short.
It begins to be unpleasant because of my grandmother's illness and death when I was a teenager. It was my father's mother and my dad pretty much survived all this. Shortly after talking to my mum when I asked them about the holiday plans, I learned that this year they would rather not go anywhere because the funeral cost them a lot of money and the insurance covered only half the cost, so all their holiday savings and even more. My mother strongly refused any money from me, but she added only that it was a pity because my father had already collected money for so long on the cheap tablet and had to cash the saving.Then I remembered that dad once asked me about recommending some cheap but efficient tablet and I said
Tablet? Why a tablet dad! Buy a laptop instead.
And I said it just because I was lazy that day, didn't wanted to engage in any research. And my father is a wonderful man, and I treated him like an intruder. I was saddened at that time. My dad came from a broken family where they always lacked everything, and throughout his adult life he did everything for me and my siblings did not lack anything.
Still the same evening I saw everything I could about the tablets and ordered the most up to date on which I could stand (with sim slot, navigation, fullhd, attached keyboard and so on).
The next day straight from work I took the tablet and handed it to my father. I have not seen such a happy man for a long time. Despite the fact that I was instantly broke and did not go on vacation, that feeling was irreplaceable.
Therefore Steemians remember, surround yourself with valuable people and do them good, because good will eventually come back to you!
@rebeccaryan and @natureofbeing - it's way over a 200 words limit, couldn't wrap it up more, but felt to share it anyway.
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You get 100% of my upvoting power today @sunmaker!!! You shared a very important part of the acts of kindness challenge and that is, that when a person receives unexpected kindness in a gracious way, it rewards the giver of the kindness 1,000 times more. It is equally as important for us to learn how to accept kindness as it is for us to freely give without any expectations in return.
Well done! I have followed you.
P.S. Welcome to the giving economy of Steemit!
Thank you I hope you'll enjoy my ww2 short history series :) I shared it not for bragging rights but rather as an impulse for myself and hopefully others to review all our actions if not to be more helpful, then perhaps to not cause any harm to others.
It does start with the acknowledgement that we have some choice in the actions we take every day. I really like the concept of purposely living your life, not causing harm to others. ;)
Great story and glad that you followed your heart. That act will stay with him forever.
Thank you. Today it feels only natural, back then I was just a stupid and selfish teen.
That is the thing about teen years, I don't know how many would actually think about anyone but themselves. Once the real world hits us, we see what it is like on the other side.
thank you for your story @sunmaker and for making your father happy with something he really wanted. Giving someone what HE wants rather than what we want to give is truly a gift as well!
Where you from my friend ? i want to know which country to belong to @ronaldmcatee
nice short story... i think very interesting to read again...