Ok, being a Nice Guy does not mean an entire world of doom and gloom. It also means that you probably do a lot for others and your community. I do a lot with a local non-profit community group. I help with area high schools and do lots of service projects. There is no better service project than the family centered projects during the Holiday season. We get information from our schools local guidance department and nurses. From these people we find out who is in need but is too proud to seek help. When children show up for school in the winter with only spring coats on, it is usually a good sign. Two years ago we learned about a family who was not only going through hard times because of job loss, but they had lost the mother on top of all of this. Still, the dad choose to remain silent and plod along as best as he could. When the school nurse saw the children severely underdressed, she question the children discreetly and found out what the situation was. They were not going to have a Christmas this year. Working with our clubs high school branch, we found out some pertinent information about the family such as sizes, likes and dislikes and the ages of the kids in the family. We set out to do Christmas shopping. Once this was done the gifts were wrapped by the high schoolers and Boy Scouts and they were delivered, again discreetly, to the family. We did this quietly so the father could bring the gifts into the household in what ever manner he choose.
As a club, we were happy with helping this family as we do for so many other in our community. We went about our business and it wasn’t until about a month later when we received a thank you letter. Everyone in the club was almost moved to tears. The father wrote and thanked us for giving his family Christmas again. Times were had and they had no money. They were no family members nearby that could help and he had prepared his children for season without gifts this year, not to mention without a mother. We did not only bring toys but we brought necessary clothing. We brought the family happiness and a degree of dignity to their holiday season.
As a Nice Guy, I enjoy these moments. It for outweighs those moments of being taken advantage of. The world could use a few more Nice Guys to help as we do. In fact I am getting ready to write my speech that I will need to hand out our clubs scholarships. We give out almost ten thousand dollars a year in scholarships to students that I work with.
Yes, being a Nice Guy can have its perks. This is what I have to remember when you get the occasional backhand from those who think they are superior…they aren’t.
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