Blood Contribution
As usual he receives E-mails from his friends outside the country, an answer to a letter he has sent, or new social matters he could not known about. Staying outside their home town, strengthen the connection with their country and their society, and strengthen the yearning and longing in them. He used to delete them from his PC's memory after reading, because either they don't attract his attention, or not related to his area of expertise. But those two letters he has received lately, carrying almost the same contents. He could not delete them, due to the deep effect they have left on him.

One of them goes like this: “A youth in his fourteenth year of age is infected by an illness called (Leukemia), needs blood urgently!”

This news has put him in a great confusion, and made him interacts in himself going forward and retreating. Does he answer the call for essential humanitarian duty?! Or chickens out, and retreats as if the matter does not mean anything to him in any way?! In addition, the sick person is in an urgent need, he is one of the locals and from the same area. But he could not take a definite stand from which to take off; therefore he has left himself as it likes; thinking between himself, hopping to reach a final decision!

He could not leave it totally as if it dose not concern him, and he could not go ahead with the initiative. He was invaded with two contradicting forces, one was calling him to go ahead and do the good deed, and the other fearing him from the consequences of entering the hospital and the entrance of the needle into his body. It was not his stile to contribute his blood, and that what made the idea difficult to grasp.

Thinking has taken him away for more than one day and night; till he has reached a compromise, to relieve him from the suffering he has been passing through. He has decided between himself, if he finds someone to support him to do this job, he will proceed with no fear! But if he could not find what he wishes, he will leave the matter as if it does not concern him, and removes it from his thoughts.

He was lucky, he could find what himself was looking forward to, found someone to stand beside him, and pushes him to do a good deed. He talked to his colleague at work, who has rushed to encourage him to call the sick man's father. He has called to say: “I heard of your ill child and about his need for blood, therefore I have called for myself and on behalf of my colleague, to inform you of our readiness for blood contribution whenever you want?!

The reply from the sick boy's father; came to him other than what was expected. The answer has come to stop his surge, and to kill the untamed desire boiling in his chest. The father told him: Thank you my good brother for your good and appreciated initiative, but other good people like you have came to us, who fulfill our need. Allah may put your good deed in the scale of your good deeds.

Even though he has done what he has to do, and no one could blame him. Still the regret has remained in him, and the nice talk of the father could not cool it down. Because he did not do the assignment in full, and did not break the wall of fears! That wall for long was standing in front of him, whenever the opportunity comes to do good things, especially blood contribution.
Written by: Hussein Noah Mashamea - Qateef - Saudi Arabia