Abcandamios

I remember when I was a kid, every time that someone ask me what do I want to become when I grow old, I will immediately answer back that I want to be a doctor someday because I want to help the poor and sick people. This became one of my passions since my mother was a volunteer health worker in our barangay and whenever they had charitable works to do, she would always brought me along with her. Such experiences in reaching out for our less fortunate brothers and sisters stick to my mind and influence me in my dream of becoming a successful doctor.

But I guess people changes as they go along to the flow of life because of many hurdles that you will encounter. Just like me, I did not fulfill my dream of becoming a successful doctor because of financial instability. But I realized that even though I’m not a doctor I could still help others in our own special and unique ways. I’m an active member of a charitable organizations who goes place to place to give some help and I guess I by doing things like this already fulfills my ultimate dream to help others who are less fortunate and that is all that matters.

One morning when I’m busy doing my work at the office, my friend Mel came to me in hurry. She told me that on her way to our office she had sat beside a mother carrying her ill daughter. Out of curiosity, she asked what happened to the child and the mother told her that her baby had fallen from a six-steps-stairs two years ago and until now she had no idea of the disease her daughter had because they were not able to bring the child to a doctor.

So Mel decided to brought along with her to the hospital, were we worked, the mother and child. She asked for my help to contact my friend who is a resident pediatrician in our institution to examine her patient. I immediately called my friend and luckily she was not that busy. She told us to brought the child to her clinic. After some series tests and examinations she was able to determine the child’s disease. The pediatrician told us that there’s nothing to worry about. The child needs to undergo physical therapy to help her stand fully on her own and regularly takes her vitamins to regain her strength.

The mother was so thankful and told us that not all people had a heart of good Samaritan like us.