HELPING ANOTHER …

A STORY OF DOING GOOD DEEDS

◦ One of the most beautiful compensations
in life is that no man can help another A Story of
without helping himself.
Doing Good
◦ - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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◦ Whether it is our good thoughts, actions
or behavior, sooner or later helping
another will return good results. Treat
people with respect and kindness and
you will usually be amazed at what A Story of
returns back at you.
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◦ This is one such story. It has been
reported in many places with no Deeds
identifiable author. It is certainly worth
sharing.
◦ This is a true story that had happened in
1892 at Stanford University. An 18-year-
old student and a friend were struggling to
pay school fees. He was an orphan, and not
knowing where to turn for money, he came A Story of
up with a bright idea. Doing Good
◦ His friend and he decided to host a musical
concert on campus to raise money. They Deeds
would apply the earnings from the event to
offset their unpaid board and tuition.
◦ They reached out to the great pianist True Story
Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager
demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for
the piano recital. A deal was struck.
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◦ And the boys began to work to make the concert a
success. The big day arrived. Paderewski performed at
Stanford. But unfortunately, they had not managed to
sell enough tickets. The total collection was only
$1600.
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◦ After the concert, the two boys told the great artist the
bad news.
◦ They gave him the entire $1,600, along with a
promissory note for $400, explaining that they would
earn the amount at the earliest possible moment and
send the money to him. It looked like the end of their
college careers.
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◦ “No, boys,” replied Paderewski, “that won’t do.”
Then, tearing the note in two, he returned the money to
them as well.
◦ “Now,” he told them, “take out of this $1,600 all of
your expenses and keep for each of you, 10 percent of
the balance for your work. Let me have the rest.”
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◦ The boys were surprised and thanked him profusely. It
was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out
Paderewski as a great human being.
◦ Twenty years rolled by. World War I came and
went. Paderewski, now Prime Minister of
Poland, was striving to feed thousands of
starving people in his native land. A Story of
◦ He was a great leader, but unfortunately at the
end of the World War, Poland was ravaged. Doing Good
There were more than 1.5 million people
starving in his country, and no money to feed
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them.
◦ Paderewski reached out to the US Food and
Relief Administration for help. The head there Time passes
was a man named Herbert Hoover — who later
would go on to become the US President.
◦ Hoover agreed to help and quickly shipped
tons of food grains to feed the starving Polish
people.
◦ A calamity was averted. Paderewski
decided to go and meet Hoover and
personally thank him. When Paderewski
began to thank Hoover for his noble
gesture, Hoover quickly interjected and
said,
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◦ “You shouldn’t be thanking me Mr. results
Prime Minister. You may not remember
this, but many years ago, you helped two
young students go through college in the
US. I was one of them.”
The Lessons

◦ It is one of the most beautiful

compensations of life that no man can
sincerely try to help another without
helping himself.
◦ Goodness has a way of coming back; that
is the nature of the beast. One doesn’t
have to do good deeds for a return. It just
happens.
The Lessons

◦ The lessons out of good deeds remain to

inspire everyone to do same. One act of
unselfishness stands out as a beacon for
others to follow.
 Write a diary about good deeds that you do in one week
and write the lessons that you can learn from doing the
good deeds.

The diary should start from Friday (today) to Thursday

and you need to describe what is the good deed that you
do everyday for people surround you.

Your good deeds that you do everyday should be

Assignment intended for different people for example:

• one day for your brother/sister

• one day for your father
• one day for your mother
• one day for your friend
• one day for your classmate
• one day for anyone that you accidentally meet
• one day for yourself.
• Note:
• It would be better if your description is supported by pictures when you
are doing the good deeds.
• Use simple past tense to describe your good deeds.
Remember the use and form of Simple Past Tense
Good luck