Today, my neighbor's dog got loose and nearly ran into the road. They're an older couple, both retired, and I only noticed when I heard all the shouting. So I got up and looked out the window to see this puppy running around dodging their hands and getting dangerously close to the road. I was in my pajamas watching this when I had a sudden desire to help. I threw on a sweatshirt and sneakers and went out to assist without even thinking twice. Eventually the dog was snatched up and brought to safety and they were grateful for my help. My point, I didn't need anyone to tell me it's the right thing to do such a thing, I acted on my basic impulse on wanting to help people. It just so happens that there is a decent layer of snow on the ground and I ran out there in my pajamas, a sweatshirt and sneakers. I didn't even think about the cold because my first instinct was to save the dog from becoming another car accident statistic. Upon getting back inside my house, I was met with my grandfather who mentioned nothing about my act but instead went right for my lack of proper winter clothing. He obviously didn't understand that I saw the task as more important than bundling up. I see it as, in the time it would take to get ready to go outside, the dog could've been hit and my neighbors would have been devastated. Ultimately, I see that some people don't see the needs of others sometimes need to be met before personal needs. It's a very unselfish way of thinking and crucial to communal survival. I would feel awful if I put my needs before theirs in this situation if the outcome was to be the death of a family pet; in extention, a member of their own family, as people do make pets part of their core family unit. I would run outside in the same fashion if it were my own dog (whom I love dearly) so I don't see the difference because the general idea is saving a life. You're probably asking what I got out of it by now. "You" being the reader, of course. Honestly, I don't need to get anything out of helping someone. It's simply the right thing to do with no questions asked. If you're capable of it, you should do it. I did get something out of it, though. I grew up my entire life living next door to these people and not once had we introduced ourselves to each other properly. So I suppose a friendly relationship between neighbors being formed over helping each other was a gift in itself. I'll take that over asking for compensation any day. The difference between myself and my grandfather is pretty simple. He believes a higher power was at work and what was the cause for the outcome. I believe the contrary. My lack of hesitancy was what saved a life and I didn't need instruction to do so. It was reflexive as blowing one's nose. And would you believe it, I'm a proud atheist! I have constructed my own set of morals throughout the span of my life that tell me the preservation of life in so important because of the effect it has on others.
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