Sharing

Heard about this from my colleague about the experience of a man who shared a sweet with a poor boy:

The kind man was told not to share his sweets with the poor children as this would attract more of them to go after his sweets. As a matter of fact, he had only one sweet left on his palm and he spotted a poor boy starring at him (rather his sweet).

Instead of openly giving the sweet to the boy, the man simply slipped it on to the floor and gave the boy a wink. The boy smiled and ran over to grab the sweet from the floor. You might think that the boy would have immediately popped the sweet into his mouth, which he actually did for sure. However, the following action from the boy was quite a surprise.

The boy crunched swiftly and spit the broken tiny pieces of the sweet on to his palm. Then he ran to a group of kids and all of them were jumping up and down with great joy.

Would you ever experience it if you were in Singapore? Unlikely.

Though the act of the poor boy might seem to be unhygienic to many Singaporeans, it was definitely an unselfish deed and brought not only much joy to the poor children, it had also helped the man to fathom the wonder of sharing.