There’s a gym here in sunny Woodlands dat requires a long, shelter-less walk to get there. Usually it’s fine, most of us won’t even notice it’s unsheltered.
The problem comes when that sunny weather turns to rain. Suddenly, the lack of shelter becomes a big issue. The difficulty level of accessing the gym rises significantly.
The walking paths to the gym are oso not exactly designed fantastically, as it always floods with a little drizzle. Stepping through puddles and inevitably getting ur shoes and socks wet, makes for a slightly uncomfortable experience later on.
So, there’s a good reason the gym’s always relatively empty when it rains.
Similarly, those who are already at the gym, can’t really leave, for the same reasons. Besides dat, there’s oso the possibility of getting struck by lightning. Yea, just a minor issue…
Today, I was part of dat second group above. After my gym session, I was left stuck there, under the shelter right outside it, together wif a group of people. All just waiting for the rain to die out.
Fortunately, I have my magic bag wif me, full of stuff I didn’t bother clearing out from my last trip out.
After some digging thru, I managed to find an umbrella I didn’t realise was inside. How convenient, I felt like Doraemon ☺️
As I opened my umbrella, getting ready to depart, I took a look around me. There was now quite a sizable group of dudes and ladies gathered here now.
I looked back at my umbrella, so tiny in size. But I thought I cld still share it. It’s small, but still an umbrella, at the end of the day.
But then I hesitated. I rmb being in dis situation before. Back then, I did the exact thing I wanted to do right now.
Was a heavy rainy day just like today. Was crowded just like right now. So I went around asking if anyone wanted to share my considerably big umbrella wif me, from the building we were at, to the nearby block. The ambassador of kindness in me told me it was the right thing to do.
Unfortunately, I got no reciprocation. I was completely ignored. So I exited the place. I walked in the rain, emo, and in shame. It was like some sort of supervillain origin story, u noe?
Wif dat incident in mind, I left the gym. On my own. Without providing assistance. Just me and my umbrella thru the thunderstorms and lightning dat very very frightening me.
Then I started thinking again. Should I have still done so though, providing help to those other people?
Part of me felt dat I shouldn’t need to. As much as I wld like to, not everyone actly wants to be helped. It’s better not to disturb others, especially strangers, after all.
Maybe it’s too awkward. Maybe it’s a pride thing, or “losing face”.
Or maybe the world isn’t ready to see my powers, as Jonathan Clark in Man of Steel wld say. Hence, I shouldn’t help (hehe).
But another part of me felt I shld’ve tried anyway. It wld’ve been the right thing to do.
Like, I shldnt rlly care if I had looked stupid or not. No one’s gonna remember it anyway.
Even if nobody accepted my help, at least I wld’ve done my part, in trying. I think dats the least u can ask from a person…
The latter opinion probably resonates stronger. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t be writing abt dis in the first place. I wld’ve just forgotten abt, after I had left…
Lesson learnt I guess…. hopefully I’ll apply it…. or maybe I’ll mess up again… 🫠
Maybe I just feel and think too much.
05.09.2025
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