A little bit about my day......

How many selfless acts do you do in a day? in a week? in a month? in a year? Have you ever stopped and thought about helping others in any way?

I try to carry that (niyah) intention in my heart at all times, but sometimes you are so self absorbed in whats going on in your own life, that you are oblivious to the outside. What a horrible trait.

Today I was walking around campus with a few friends heading towards the business college ,and we saw the blood donation bus. My god?! Has it been a whole year since I last donated blood?! I felt horrible because (hamdullah) i'm very healthy and I can easily give blood more than once a year. We stopped in our tracks and hopped onto the bus. They asked us the usual procedual questions. Man are those nurses a tough crowd. They were hardly civil.
I plop down on the clinical bed and extend my arm. The nurse was looking at me strangely. She asked 'Aren't you afraid?'
me> "No go ahead, I'm not afraid of needles or blood"
the nurse> "oh wow, the girls are always fainting" and she starts tapping my arm to find a vein. She injects the needle and I cringe in pain.
I turned to her and said "why did you choose a small vein, don't you realize its going to hurt so much when its going to pump blood, and its going to pump slowly and hurt even more?"

The nurse was suprised I knew that and said "I couldn't find a bigger vein!".
Before I could reply that thats a load of !@#%, my friend comes in and tells me to calm down.
I ignored the pain and began speaking to my friend and to the nurses. The more i laughed, the more it hurt. :/
It took me 20 minutes to fill up a 450 ml bag of blood. 3 girls came in, donated blood, and left and I was still sitting there trying to fill up my bag because that nurse had to inject the needle in the smallest vein possible.

When my bag finally filled up, and I was bandaged, I jumped off the bed and told my friend I was ready to go. Hahaha the nurses expressions were truly classic. I guess its not every day they see that.

Yea I went through some pain this time when donating blood, but believe me, the feeling of helping someone is an awesome experience. I felt so good afterwards. I couldn't stop smiling.
Throughout the day, if i came across someone i knew, i would go to tell them to donate some blood. Go out and help someone!!

Finally, in my last class, the professor noticed i was acting a little wacky. well wackier than usual. He asked whats wrong with me. I said "Dr. S, there is nothing wrong with me, im just a little woohoo, out of it, because i donated some blood"
I swear, I did not expect him to be so enthusiastic about it. He made the whole class start clapping!

In the end, I donated blood and I was applauded for it. What a way to end a day.