Entry 6: A Random Act of Kindness

In Taiwan, because traffic is really crowded almost everywhere, I see a lot of accidents occur on the streets. I also see a lot of fighting, arguments, but I don't see a lot of people passing by willing to help the people who were injured. One day as I was on my way to school, I saw a motorcycle crashing crashing into another car. Inside my mind, I was thinking: "this is just another accident." Since we were waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I looked out from the window and saw a nice person who came off his scooter and helped the injured women got up. I was kind of surprised because I barely see that happening. Taiwanese people usually just walk by or pretend they didn't see the accidents. The man was so kind that he left his scooter on the side pushed away the injured woman's scooter so her legs could get up. I was admired by his heroic actions. This probably happens numerous times in the United States because American people tend to help out when they see others are struggling, even if they might not know them at all. I always wanted to help out when I see people are having trouble, but I never really have times because most of the time I'm either on my dad's car planning to go somewhere or I felt that it would be really embarrassing. I'm pretty sure that the person who was helping out with the woman's accident was not ashamed to drop his stuffs and help a stranger. I think he probably felt even better than after trying to save a person's life. It may be a random act of kindness for him, but for people like us, it's something different.