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Written by Lesley Williams TRUITY
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| Monday, 24 January 2005 |
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BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING!
It was 5 days into the New Year; I had arranged to meet with a small group of friends for breakfast. The restaurant was in a small group of shops just down from the Jetty strip and the shops included several Restaurants and a Pub. With parking being a premium I parked my car in a supermarket parking lot and proceeded to walk towards the pedestrian crossing, to walk over to meet my friends. Robert, one of my friends had seen me park the car; he waved and began walking towards the crossing to meet me on the side of the road near the bus shelter. |
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I had to walk past a bus shelter to reach the pedestrian crossing and as I walked closer to my amazement I noticed how many people were standing outside rather than inside the shelter. The people were a mix of old, young, males, females, some obviously tourists and a couple of teenage yuppies, quite a cross section. My thoughts were immediately “how odd,” there’s plenty of room on the bench inside and it’s so hot this morning. My nature is I am a people watcher, that’s how I developed the products and gained insight for my books. So naturally, curiosity killed the cat, and I stopped to see why these people would rather stand in the hot sun than sit or stand in the shade of the shelter.
When I turned to look inside I was shocked at what I saw, at one end of the shelter was a couple of young people huddled in the corner, like they were avoiding the plague. My eyes immediately scanned the shelter and to my astonishment there was dried blood everywhere, and not only blood but at the end of the bench seat sprawled incoherently was what appeared to be a very well dressed middle-aged man. I immediately went into action mode, weighing up the situation quickly, the man had a small tote bag or carry bag by his side and my first impressions were this was no street vagrant; this mans clothes were neatly pressed and quite new. This information gave me insight into how to handle what was happening. The man had several large gashes on his face, an obvious broken nose, grazes on his arms and blood everywhere. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, here was a man who was obviously in trouble, and yet no one was doing anything - everyone walked around him! Not one person offered of any description, and the poor man had obviously been lying in the shelter for hours.
The man was very incoherent and confused as he groped around repeatedly trying to get to his feet as he reached out to people trying to speak with words coming out in what may have been mistaken for a drunken stupor.
My mouth dropped open as I turned to my friend Robert, “What is happening here?” I asked. “Why has no one helped this man?” I was firing up with indignity and disbelief that the human race could be and obviously was deteriorating in its values to a point where we leave a person who is obviously injured without help. I could not believe what I was seeing, “What is wrong with these people?” I yelled as I scrambled in my handbag for my mobile phone. I shook as I dialed 000 “Is that the emergency line, can I have the ambulance,” I almost yelled down the phone. The call completed, we stepped back to the side of the shelter to wait the ambulance and police to come Robert and I kept an eye on him and made sure he was not hurt any further. In the few minutes, which passed between the call and the ambulance arriving the man managed to stagger to his feet and try to get himself off down the road, only to fall into a garden semiconscious.
My friend looked at me with compassion as he said, “People just don't want to get involved Lesley,” “Well that’s disgusting, what a sad world this is becoming when people can stand by and leave someone who could be dying just laying in the street.” I was so angry; “Something has to be done, what is happening to our society, I never thought I would see the day in Australia where something like this happened! “This world is becoming a sad and sorry place, that’s all I can say and something has to be done to wake up peoples conscience.” Within a few minutes not one, not two, but three ambulances arrived with two police cars with sirens blaring. We watched as the man was gently and ever so gently placed on a stretcher and carried off to hospital, and the people at the bus shelter just turned their heads away as though it was something that if they didn’t look – then it wasn’t there.
I am here to prompt your conscience and get you to think from both sides of the coin. So I pose these questions to you. What would you do if faced by this situation?
What will happen to our society if we continue to do nothing when another person needs help? How would you feel if you were the person who had been mugged and no one helped you? How would you feel if it was one of your families who had been left without help? What are your thoughts on why these people chose to do nothing?
Closing Note:
May be I am a Pollyanna (I’m not sure), but to my way of thinking if every person understood that as human beings we have a very basic value base, and if we could get everyone to begin treating each other, with respect, trust, acceptance, compassion and support by interacting and speaking to others the way we want people to interact and speak to us then many of the problems we are experiencing in society would vanish - It’s that simple. |
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TRUITY WILLIAMS |
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Spiritual healer, speaker, published author, photographer, artist:
I have worked as a Spritual Healer and involved in Spiritual Rescue Services for over 30 years, my clients come from all walks of life, and all countries arround the world. I am able to work with my clients from a distance, and do not require physical contact to gather information and to rebalance the energy, creating a healing for my clients. I have been gifted since birth, and studied metaphysics actively for over 20 years in order to gain full understanding of practical use of my abilities.
Further details of services can be obtained on the Spritual Rescue Service link of this website.
Published books include. "TRUITY BOOK OF CHOICES," VOL 1. "TRUITY BOOK OF CHOICES" VOL2. Feathers in the Mist, Starting Over, Workbook of Choices, Who takes Care of the Carer," Spiritual Self and much more. Thank you for visiting www.truityonline.com
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