A Toblerone For A Bus Ride

My day started rough with some judgmental people ruining my day. I was trying to find my smile.  Sure my daughter can do it in an instant but this one story I heard really touched my heart:

Azrael was on his way to  SM Megamall where a premiere showing of the movie Echo ( a remake of Sigaw) will be held.   Humble as he can be he admitted he had no money to pay for his fare.  He hailed a bus and talked to the bus conductor if he could trade a 100 gram bar of Toblerone for a ride.  No further explanation needed the conductor took in Azrael.  When Azrael reached his destination he alighted the bus and was surprised instead of him thanking the bus driver it was the other way around.

This may sound dense to others but for me it was wow.  The bus conductor was commendable for taking in a passenger who can’t pay his.  Azrael was humble to admit to the conductor that he can’t pay his fare.  Three lessons we should learn from this: 1) that being humble pays; 2)  gratitude is indeed the best attitude and 3)  that there are still good people lurking around in this planet.

Oh, don’t worry about Azrael he will be meeting his sister after the show and will be able to pay his fare on his way back home.

Incidentally, last night was the launch of Toblerone’s National Thank You Day we were given four 100gram  bar of Toblerone, two of which  was their new flavor  Fruity Nut.