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Giving a man a tour guide a thousand dollars and his first hug

Name: Giving a man a tour guide a thousand dollars and his first hug
Uploaded: 2023-03-26T22:00:19+00:00
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Channel: Tyler Wagner
Description: In this personal monologue, the speaker reflects on a transformative experience while traveling in Cambodia. He describes his tour guide—a former Vietnam…

26 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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In this personal monologue, the speaker reflects on a transformative experience while traveling in Cambodia. He describes his tour guide—a former Vietnam War veteran who endured the loss of his family and village, survived harsh jungle conditions, and now works modestly as a hotel tour guide. Recognizing the guide’s low earnings (about $20 for the tour), the speaker, who had $1,000 in cash, gave the entire amount to the guide and offered a heartfelt hug. The gesture created a lasting bond; the guide continues to send holiday messages, expressing that the hug was the first he ever received. The speaker concludes that while money can’t buy happiness, giving—both financially and emotionally—has profound, enduring effects.

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People that say money doesn't buy happiness haven't given enough away yet. Dude, there's something about giving money away to people that is just so incredible. In Cambodia, our tour guide for all the temples was this guy that was in the Vietnam War, lost his entire family, whole village destroyed. He then went to the military, was in the military for like 7 years. He ate snakes and rats and whatever he could find in the jungle, slept on a hammock for, you know, 4 or 5 years of his life, and now humbly doing tour guides for this hotel. I know he's not getting paid that well. Made, probably made like $20 on our tour. In fact, I only had like $1,000 cash. Gave it to him and I gave him a hug. And it's crazy. This guy to this day will write me for Christmas, Thanksgiving. The other day he wrote me just, you know, thinking of you, Alex. Hope all is well. Because it wasn't even the money. Like his message he sent me after was like, Alex, nobody in my life has ever given me a hug. The very first thing he thought about, like nobody like has ever given me a hug. It's incredible. ¿Qué?