Where there is love, there is hope #howru

I have always marvelled at the job of a salesman.
It's tough, I know.
I have always been on the other side.
I'm not a sales personnel but today, I'm a volunteer distributing free plasters for the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) for World Suicide Prevention Day.
I thought I could finish distributing the 740 plasters within an hour.
I thought somehow my chair could attract some attention (which I normally prefer not to have) but half an hour into the distribution, oh oh, why are people not even interested in FREE stuff???
Thank God, somehow my busy niece could meet me for dinner today and so I enlisted her help.
Minutes ticked by.
Rejection, rejection and rejection.
God impressed upon me that priceless love even when freely given, is not easily accepted or appreciated.
I nearly teared.
I continued to put on my brightest smile while my heart started to sink.
Then I met you, my second angel.
You came up the escalator, smiling so brightly.
Tears flowed because you are the familiar face among the strangers.
Niece was somewhere behind me, bravely tasting life.
You came specially to help me, giving me such a pleasant surprise.
And I gained strength.
You said, "Don't give up!"
Yes!
The phrase 'giving up' is not in my vocabulary.
I have come so far and I won't give up.
My skin became thicker.
I smiled through the tears.
It pains my heart that despite so many youths out there, despite the friendly faces you try to show, you won't even take a free plaster.
Underneath that painted face, that healthy body, do you know there are so many people caring for you?
I became more generous with the plasters.
"Would you want to share with your friends?"
I'm thankful for those who came to take the plasters from me.
I'm thankful for you who gave me the thumbs up.
I'm speechless for those who offered me money, for those who gave me money before I could even respond.
I have $3 for the offering bag in church tomorrow.
I will say a prayer for the two of you.
And then our heroes arrived.
They are helping a charitable organization to do some fundraising.
These two men took some plasters from us and helped us to distribute!
Oh wow.
And so I met four angels.
God sent them such that I was able to distribute more than 730 plasters in 2 hours.
I could not have done it on my own within the time limit!
Would I do this again next year?
Yes.
I will be better prepared for rejections.
I will meet many more angels :D

Photo by Michelle Lim