This has turned out to be an interesting day. I have had more chances today to commit completely altruistic acts than probably for the last couple months. First, as I was driving my car to go downtown, I saw an older woman fall on the side of the road when getting her mail. Shocked, I stopped my car immediately and, along with another person who had seen the incident, went to make sure she was alright. After making sure she was okay and leaving, as I was driving downtown, a bicyclist ran into the back of my car. Again shocked at the loud thud behind me, I immediately put my car in park and the emergency brake on and looked behind me to make sure she was alright. I later finally made it to my destination after these two incidents.
When I arrived at my destination, I started to think about what had happened and about how many people would have actually stopped to make sure the people involved were okay. And so I come to another thing I would like to say today: try to make it a goal to commit an act of altruism everyday, even if it is just as small as opening the door for someone with their hands full. That action alone may not seem very altruistic to you, but it is to the person walking through that doorway.
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