I am on my way to the office. I am at a gasoline station in Francis market, Malabon waiting for a cab. This is already my third attempt..."san po kayo ?" every time I said Makati, the taxi driver says "NO" At last the fourth cab courteously said "yes ma'am" On our way to Makati I told him a story told by my husband after the typhoon Ondoy... when hubby is on his way home coming from E, Rodriguez Quezon City on the day typhoon Ondoy caused havoc to Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, A taxi driver told him a story I will forever share to all taxi drivers. All roads were flooded then, this taxi driver saw this middle aged man near Red Cross getting a taxi but all they did is ignore him. No wonder the man was turned down because all roads were flooded. But this taxi driver, let us call him The Good Samaritan, stopped and asked the man his destination. Now the Good Samaritan is also having a second thought. The man is going to a hospital in Binan, Laguna. He has with him a bag of blood for his daughter who is in need of a blood transfusion because of Dengue.So this is an emergency situation. The man will not really ride a cab but all roads are flooded so there are no more trips in and out of Metro Manila. And this is the biggest test...he only got five hundred pesos on his pocket to pay the Good Samaritan. When the Good Samaritan said " yes, I will take you there" the man was so happy that he almost saw a halo above the head of the Good Samaritan "you 're an angel " he said. It is true that the man really need to bring the bag of blood to the hospital and he has to do it quick. How often have you seen a man crying ? Because according to the Good Samaritan the scene of the crying man made his hard heart a soft one. He also needs money to buy food for his family but here he is nodding and taking the man to Laguna for five hundred pesos only. When they reached the hospital, the man can't stop thanking him and saying sorry for the amount he gave. And all he can do is smile and said its okay. As he made a U turn (still in Binan) a couple waved to him...then Lo and behold...they want him to take them to NAIA. "GOD are you here, ganon KA ba kabilis rumisponde sa taong katulad ko?" "ako na ngayon ang naiiyak sa tuwa" So on they went to NAIA. When they reached NAIA and the couple alighted...the GOOD SAMARITAN received the biggest surprise of that day...the couple handed him Php1,500.00 and told him "thank you" "salamat po, salamat po " he also said. When he left NAIA...pakiramdam niya hindi sumasayad and taxi niya sa lupa...pakiramdam niya nasa langit siya and he is the happiest person that time. Why ? because he has Php1,500.00 enough for his family's needs and this great and joyful feeling that OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN loves him. HE has all the richness in heaven which are also available to each one of us. Natutuwa SIYA pag gumagawa tayo ng mabuti sa kapwa natin...When have u been a GOOD SAMARITAN ?
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