[ WP ] Fabricate an inspiring encounter with a stranger that changed your life .

I've always had trouble deciding whether to help someone or not. I'm always worried that I'll be cumbersome while I help someone, so I tend to ignore the needs of others. It's something that I'm actively working on, and one of my main inspirations for improving my speed of assistance comes from this story that happened to me. 
 
 I lived in Hong Kong back when I was a kid - out in the New Territories ( the'rural' area ), and would take the bus home from school. The public transportation was and still is fantastic, so I was alone when I rode the double decker bus back home. When I got to the nearest station to my home, I began to walk towards the subway tunnel, which led to the pathway to my house. The path to my house was under this long canopy of trees, and was squeezed into a thin lane between the trees and a wall right behind the trees - basically you could only walk on this path. The path extended past this sort of village place, then went on towards a cul-de-sac. The cul-de-sac was where I lived, and took about an hour to get to. It was a long but nice walk. 
 
 Unfortunately there were a lot of wild dogs around that area, and I had an almost pathological fear of dogs ( I think I was bitten by one when I was really young and I kept that fear ). At that moment in time though I only ever heard the dogs' barks; at that moment I had never seen a wild dog. Today though, I spotted a dog lying on the pathway in front of me. First reaction was to be quiet and just step over it, since I did n't have enough space to go around. But when I actually got to the point of doing the act, I stopped. It was probably smarter to just wait for the dog to wake up and leave. So I turned around and began to walk back. But then I heard growling behind me. 
 
 Somehow I had woken up the dog ( I think I stepped on it's tail by accident ), and it was mad at me. So, faced with the danger of being bitten, and with faded memories of other encounters with dogs rising up, I chose flight and began to run. Of course, my stubby legs could n't outrun the fully grown dog, and it caught up to me quickly. Realising the situation I was in, I decided to turn around and fight the dog. So I promptly tried to punch its nose with my right hand, but instead got it caught in the dog's mouth. Fear of the dog was n't ruling me anymore, and I bit the dog back. Dog whimpers and runs away, but leaves me with a bleeding hand - and the possibility of a disease. It also hurt a lot and I was still an hour away from home. I was happy that my bag was safe and sound though. 
 
 So I began to walk home. But about five to ten minutes after I began walking, I met a nanny ( they're pretty common in Hong Kong ). She had headgear, so she was from Indonesia. She was also pulling an empty little cart that was probably meant for groceries. When I walked up to her she made a gasping sound and began talking Cantonese to me. I was an expat's child though and did n't understand. She then dropped her little trolley, and lifted me up in both of her arms. She stuttered out the words, `` Come with me, I have bandaids.'' I just nodded and let myself be carried off down the pathway. She lived in the village that the path passed by, and so only took a minute or so to reach. She brought me into her employer's house and sat me down. She gave me a phone and motioned to call and said, `` Parents.'' Then she went into another room while I called my parents. 
 
 I told my mom what happened, she sounded flustered and told me that she would come pick me up in her car. The nanny then came back from the room she was in and was holding some alcohol, some paper towels, and those long white, wrapping bandages. She wiped off the blood that caked my hand, and added a liberal amount of the medicinal alcohol. She honestly added too much in my opinion. It honestly stung more than the bite... Anyways, she then wrapped those bandages around and told me to sit tight for my parents. My parents arrived, and I left. 
 
 I guess some people might say everything the nanny did was expected, and that anyone would do such a thing. But she could have easily ignored me, and that's what I probably would have done: I would think the person does n't want my help because that person is n't asking. The nanny's speed of reaction, and her willingness to do all those medicinal acts will probably always be stuck in my mind. Even if what she did was minimal. She was just'someone's in trouble - > must help.' Nothing was in between the two motions, and I want to remember that.
