Brief summary, reflection, and lessons learned from "A Little Incident"

 A LITTLE INCIDENT

   BRIEF SUMMARY

    This story was all about an ill-tempered man who was changed because of a little incident. He was riding on a rickshaw when an old woman entangled to their rickshaw and fell to the ground. He ordered the rickshaw man to go on without even considering the situation of the old woman. However, the rickshaw man helped the old woman and he was just left there watching them. Later on, the police came and asked the ill-tempered man to find another rickshaw. Instead of nagging, he pulled a handful of coppers and ask the police to get it to the man and the old woman. That particular situation engraved in his memory makes him think about himself. Such little incident enables the ill-tempered man to learn shame, urging him to reevaluate his life, and giving him courage and hope.

REFLECTION AND LESSONS LEARNED

    Based on the story, we can reflect that man’s perception can change as he encounters and experience situation that might enable him to reflect on his character. We can reflect that regardless of how heartless and rude a person can be, there is still kindness within them. In life, there are times that we tend to be rude to other people because of our self-centeredness; however, the moment we witness people who show kindness to others will make us think of re-evaluating our own attitude and behavior. Human as we are, we are not perfect and we are all selfish in our own ways, but let us start practicing the act of humbling down ourselves and helping others who need a hand.

Moreover, deep inside the man felt ashamed of his coldness. He was so heartless that he did not bother to care for the old woman. Nevertheless, as soon he realizes that he was so rude, he felt ashamed. We can ponder upon this situation that, “what is wealth when he cannot buy kindness?” In addition, every person has this pure heart and goodness; it just takes a little encouragement and practice to unleash it. Whether we like it or not, it is our duty to share kindness with everyone. And if every person will have the heart to help and perform such a duty, we can have a harmonious society to live in.

Enumerated below are the lessons I have learned from the story:

• Every person has a good heart.

• We are responsible for helping those people we have hurt.

• Kindness lies in everyone’s heart.

• Wealth is nothing compared to a good attitude.