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Today, I was walking down the street, coincidentally after leaving a day of training for job coaching for people with developmental and mental disabilities. I saw a man in a wheelchair struggling to get in the door of a pizza shop because he could not reach the door. It only took 5 seconds, and it may have been insignificant to him, but I stop walking and helped him open the door so he could get inside. I smiled the rest of the walk back because I thought about how that might have changed his day and his feelings of helplessness. Evolutionary biologists and social psychologists argue that there may not be a true form of altruism among human beings, and there may not be, but I believe that helping others is necessary and inspiring for yourself and others.. and nothing feels better than that.
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