This past week has been very laid back, and I can feel
myself finally starting to get into a routine here. I enjoy Thursday’s classes
because I learn so much in such a short period of time and more and more things
start to make sense and fall into place about South Africa as a whole. Being on
the UCT campus is also a perk because it is so beautiful with interesting
people everywhere. The first time I
didn’t feel like an outsider was when someone came up to me on campus asking
where a building was, while I was unfortunately just as clueless as he was.
Today however was the best I’ve felt since my whole time being
here, and it was the simplest moment that produced this feeling. As I’m speed
walking home from my internship because of things I wanted to get done, I see a
family struggling to push a car in order for it to start. I walked past not
thinking much of it, then involuntarily I turned around to ask if they needed
help. Of course they did, there were three little boys trying to push a car and
it’s not budging. So, myself and another stranger start pushing and after a few
tries it finally works. The little boys run into the car and they are on their
way; I couldn’t help but laugh at how much it reminded me of the movie Little
Miss Sunshine. The stranger and I high fived, and then went our own ways. It
was such a simple moment, that took about three minutes out of my day but I
can’t even describe how nice it felt helping someone else with absolutely
nothing in return. I think about how in
America, and of course many other places in the world, people are so entirely
caught up in their own world and don’t pay much attention to anything or anyone
else, so if everyone stopped to do one tiny little thing that could help
someone out, imagine how much nicer this world would be.
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