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Another name that comes readily to mind now is mother Teresa, born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on August 26th1910. She lived for 87 years, she was a Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was a helper of the poor. She brought hope to the hopeless and sick in the society. She contributed so much to this world that she won a Nobel Prize for Peace and Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize for all her efforts. She sacrificed her personal comfort and peace to see others happy. What a role model she was to everyone who desired in anyway or form to see others live a better life.

I can go on and on about several other examples of people who came up with several ideas and initiatives to make life better for millions of people. Nelson Mandela sacrificed his freedom to see his people free from the shackles of apartheid and secondary slavery, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. fought racial discrimination to the point of death, Mary Slessor fought with every things he had to see to the end of killing of twins in Nigeria.

Then, there's another thing I have noticed about good people, it is difficult to copy them, it is as if they have mastered the act of being good so much that it becomes a part of them, they doit effortlessly, while others struggle tocatch up, there isa deliberateness abouttheirintentionsthatgoesbeyond an investment (since many believe that once you do good, you attract favour unto yourself) it is as if the act is only unique to them. Now, if truly every act of goodness has rewards, how come everybody doesn't invest in being good?

I have since realised that it doesn't work like that, it's not that simple, being good comes from a conviction, for some it is a response to an experience, for others it is an act of faith. For example, several people tend to be good, if they have been deprived of the good things of life as kids, if for whatever reason they excel later in life, they try to touch lives since they know what it means

to suffer. Others are good because of religious doctrines, which they carry out with deep conviction.

The Real Mystery of Kindness

Doing good can be likened to putting funds into a savings account, you can draw on it at the appropriate time, it also comes with interest. How is this so? The answer is who rewards acts of kindness? It is God Almighty, and you can't be smart with God, that is why I insist that being good is an act of kindness but you can't be cunningly deliberate about it, rather you have to be graciously deliberate about it. Being good is like working for the ”Red Cross” or ”Doctors without Borders,” you get paid for your efforts but most workers of these two organisations aren't doing their jobs just for the sake of money, they are doing them for the sake of humanity.

What is actually very mysterious about being good if it has become a part of you is when you help someone who at the time never looked like someone who could repay your act of kindness in anyway, only for the same person to later be a major source of help for you a few years later. I have experienced it a couple of times in ways unimaginable.

Another mystery is when you forgive someone you ordinarily should send to the darkest dungeons if you had the means because of what he or she did to you, especially if you had the resources at the time to make the person suffer the same pain you felt as a consequence of his or her action, but you rather chose to be magnanimous and you forgave without looking back, you will be surprised how the people you offend too will overlook your actions, I have also experienced same too many times. It's a great mystery.

The last in the series of mysteries attached to doing good to others is when your child or children experience goodness everywhere they go, when strangers just pick on them to bless them immensely, it's the highest form of repayment for acts of kindness that anyone can wish for. It is never too late to imbibe this wonderful and rewarding habit if you are yetto.