It was the New Year’s Eve. Taha was alone at home thinking about the achievements he made during the outgoing year. He wasn’t sure what should be his resolution for the new year. Though he did many good things, yet he wasn’t fully satisfied. He had wished to do something adventurous and unique. In the meantime, he switched on the TV. A motivational speaker was talking on a TV channel. The concluding words of the orator “the best is yet to come” caught his attention. It gave him a spur.

Taha was a brilliant student with inquisitive nature. He was fond of asking questions. At home, he was schooled to go out, make friends and be adventurous. He used to offer prayers regularly, five times a day. He often helped others at the time of their need. He wanted to see off the year while helping someone poor and needy. “What if I do a very good act before the new year starts?” he thought. Only a few hours had left in ending the year and heralding the new. Watching on TV some of the Far Eastern countries celebrating New Year was enchanting; their time is different from ours. But he wanted to spend time with someone who needed him. Whom should he help was a question. He thought for a while, took out his backpack, stuffed it with necessary things and left: “I’m going out, will be back soon.” He wrote a note for mom and dad, and hurriedly stepped out from home. 
On his way outside, he just coincidentally heard a whimpering from nearby. A meek girl in rags was sitting outside a florist’s shop. A basket full of matchsticks spread all her around. She was bitterly weeping. A bit surprised Taha stopped. He approached the girl, and asked: “What happened to you?” The little orphan girl sobbingly narrated how a big nasty boy came to her, snatched her money and ran away, leaving her penniless and weepy. “It was my whole day’s money I earned from selling the matchboxes… My mother will be angry. The bully boy threw my basket as well.”
“Don’t cry. Just don’t worry, we’ll find that nasty boy soon.” Taha sympathetically said. He handed her a tissue paper and asked to wipe her tears off. He also gave her his own water bottle, and said: “Have some sips, and please relax.” The next moment, Taha gathered all the matchboxes and other things, and put one by one in her basket. He gave her all what he had in his wallet. He had saved enough pocket money for months. The girl whose name was Nuri became happy. She thanked Taha, who said: “Look, we live here in a nearby house, if you need more I can get you more.” She said, “No, thank you so much, I have got enough, in fact more than what I had earned during the day.”
Taha offered Nuri to accompany her up to some point from where she could go home safely. She was already obliged, so she felt happy and thanked again. Both left walking. Passing by a butcher’s shop, then a bookstore, and so on, they approached the nearby roundabout, where a crowd took them by surprise. In order to figure out the situation, they stopped there to watch the commotion. Taha came to know that someone crossing the road was hit by a vehicle, and got wounded. Nuri recognized the injured boy was the same bully who had snatched away her money. But she was sorry that the bully had met the accident. She told everyone that he was a thief, he snatched her money. The boy was ashamed of what he did. While he was crying for help, he gave her money back. Taha saw that the boy was not critically injured, however he needed to go to hospital. So, he called the 1122 ambulance, and then took out his own first-aid toolkit from backpack. With the help of passersby, he put temporary bandage on his wound. Meanwhile, the ambulance came and took the wounded to hospital. The boy thanked Taha, and said: “I am sorry for what I did to the little girl. Thank you for saving my life. I promise, I’ll never do that again.” 
As the ambulance left, Taha took a sigh of relief. He was happy that his last day of the year ended up with an act of kindness. It was so far his best that came by the year’s end. It also cleared his mind as to what should be his new year’s resolution.