Yesterday before getting my last but one bus, there was a chap dressed in nice clothes but looked tired, exhausted and upset, he was asking people at the bus a stop which bus was the Tetbury bus but everyone just walked past him and didnt help him. He was a good looking chap, well mannered and articulate but looked like something was wrong, I went up to him and asked if I could help him, I told him id only been here a handful of times but I would try to help him, we couldnt find any bus times for a Tetbury bus, I found a number and suggested he rang the number and ask, and he did just that. I went and sat on the bench he came to sit beside me but he sat with his head in his hands, I wasnt sure what was going on but I was worried for him. He looked like he had the entire world on his shoulders and then some. I turned to him and asked how long hed lived in Tetbury for? (trying to get him talking) I told him my fiancé had been brought up there and has fond memories of his childhood there, he sat up and said hed been there 6 months and had previously lived in Oxford with his wife, his eyes started to well up. To cut a long story short, this chap was 42 he was just 4 years ago an executive off a car company, he had a wife friends, a beautiful home, holiday home, cars, he laughed when he said he wouldnt off once been seen dead on public transport. His eyes were red, bags under his eyes and he was exhausted, he said last night he walked from Tetbury to Cirencester to get to the job center on time to sign on. He said walking would save him a couple of pounds out of his only £5 he has left for food for a week. He cried and said I dont know what my purpose is I feel like a broken man. It was heartbreaking to to hear. He was made redundant his marriage broke down and friends walked out on him when he lost his worldly belongings. (Oh how so shallow some folk are!) I told him they werent friends, I said friends dont walk out on you when the shit hits the fan, they stand by you no matter what and help you come through it. He told me three months earlier hed attempted to commit suicide because he felt he wasnt worth anything anymore. Im lost he said with tears streaming down his face. I asked if he has family, he said Ive got a sister 4 shes 4 years older than me and a mum, he said Im close to my sister but not so much with mum, he said my sister is posh and thinks shes better than me because she has everything and she always nags me. he said i go to the jobcentre every two weeks but whats the point, he said I use to shave and have pride in myself the more time goes on the more I think whats the point. i told him to stay close to his family, i said sometimes when family members are seen to be nagging you its actually because they care and they are trying to help you, i then said you must never give up, its ok to fall but but but get straight back and dust yourself off, I told him as long as he didnt give up on himself people wouldnt give up on him. Tears streaming down his face said your so young and yet so wise and kind as a stranger why are you being so kind to me, I turned to me and said Ive been there, I had nothing and had all taken away, Ive fought so hard throughout life, I have seen things most people will never see in there entire life times, I told him about the crash and seeing my sisters die. I told him Many many times Ive had enough Im not a well person because of the crash and second home is the hospital, Ive asked myself whats the point but I give myself a kick up the bum and think my sisters would do anything to live my life. i said never ever give up always believe something better is coming round the corner, I said dont push your family away let them love and support you, the friends that left you werent friends, friends dont walk away when the shit hits the fan, I said dont give them headspace your a intelligent articulate man you will get there, just dont give up. His phone rang, it was the lady ringing him back telling which bus to get, as he spoke to her I took Berry and Noahs worming treatment, my box of tights and handed him all of my food shopping, no no he said youve done enough I cant. I said please take it would upset me so much if you didnt. He took the shopping and he asked me if he could give me a hug. I said yes, tears rolling down his cheeks I said Im afraid Ive got to go, I said remember tomorrow is another day, go home make yourself something tasty for tea, get up get showered and shaved and keep cracking on with job hunting. If you dont give on yourself neither will anyone else. I told on him one day youll get there again and when you do make sure you turn round take a step down and someone else struggling, I will he said. He said to me your fiancé is a very lucky man, I dont talk about what but I felt I could with, youve helped me more than youll ever know. I hugged and wished him all the luck in the world, as I got on the bus and saw him looking through the shopping I saw a smile, a man not fixed but been given hope and not just a weeks worth of meals but proof there are people out there that care, all the best Lee ~
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 16:04:33 +0000
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