Random acts of kindness

[VanIsle]

Today, my wife, daughter and I went through a Starbucks drive thru. When we got to the window we were advised that the lady ahead of us paid for our stuff as a random act of kindness. Pretty cool.

A few months ago, I had a struggling college student come through my till. She only had about $25.00 worth of groceries. Maybe a little less - I can't remember. She was quickly digging around in her purse to get the money and she did have it and she got it out. As soon as she did, the woman behind her handed me her own debit card and asked me to use it to pay for the young woman's groceries. The young student was taken back and very grateful. They did not know each other. I see people throw change down for a person all the time if someone is either short a dime or a quarter but I have never seen anyone pay for someone else's order before that.
Pay It Forward is probably one of the best shows I've ever seen. Loved that show.

 

[VanIsle]

I remain humbled and grateful this Christmas Eve as I warm food in my oven to feed the family I'm so lucky to be surrounded with tonight. My tree bows over a plentiful array of presents; signs of abundance and the energy of love and wellness fills my home tonight.
Your kind words, thoughts and actions no doubt leave many of us feeling very lucky tonight. Most of us are experiencing the same things you are and most of us probably haven't thought about it in much the same way. Thank you for sharing. You've given me time to reflect on exactly all those thoughts. Merry Christmas and bless you and yours.

 

[shadowshiv]

It's stories like this that make me realize that humanity isn't always as dark as portrayed on the evening news.

 

[JLM]

I was gifted with an opportunity to put some kindness in the path of someone less fortunate today...

Sitting down in McDonald's today, scarfing a burger so we could continue on with our last minute Christmas rushing around... a staff member there was cleaning trays... and I caught something a bit odd out of the corner of my eye.... the person was surreptitiously sucking on a sauce packet. I could see her eyes sweeping the room looking to see if anyone was noticing her... I averted my own eyes so she wouldn't see that I had noticed.... I was reminded of Tom Hanks in the movie The Terminal. Maybe she wasn't hungry, but there was an air about her that compelled me to want to help her.

She had a bottle of water she was drinking out of... I watched her take a drink, put the cap back on, and put it down on the table where she had her cleaning supplies gathered.

I watched her walk away, leaving her water and supplies unattended for a couple moments to go get a mop, and went off somewhere out of my eyesight ... I didn't know how long I had before she came back... quick as a flash I told my honey to prepare to make a run for it while I dashed over to her table and tucked a $20.00 bill under her water bottle, and we scurried out the door before she came back and caught me.

I remain humbled and grateful this Christmas Eve as I warm food in my oven to feed the family I'm so lucky to be surrounded with tonight. My tree bows over a plentiful array of presents; signs of abundance and the energy of love and wellness fills my home tonight.


Season's Blessings upon us all, ... and if you're given a chance to spread some cheer, please... take it.

God bless you- THAT is the true spirit of Christmas.

 

[L Gilbert]

Just don't go giving me credit for the idea. I watched the movie (Pay it Forward) is all.

I try to make sure to do nice things for people (let the mom with the kid ahead of me in line at the store, shovel my neighbor's walks, etc), and I get a lot of nice things from people in return. It was a saying that made perfect sense to me. If everyone is looking at the world with an eye for giving, instead of taking, it becomes a very nice place to live.

That is as hard a thing to get through to some people as the fact that what we do has a bigger impact on our home (Earth) than we think. But for those of us who do nice things for people are rewarded by a wonderful sense of self-worth and accomplishment.

 

[L Gilbert]

I was gifted with an opportunity to put some kindness in the path of someone less fortunate today...

Sitting down in McDonald's today, scarfing a burger so we could continue on with our last minute Christmas rushing around... a staff member there was cleaning trays... and I caught something a bit odd out of the corner of my eye.... the person was surreptitiously sucking on a sauce packet. I could see her eyes sweeping the room looking to see if anyone was noticing her... I averted my own eyes so she wouldn't see that I had noticed.... I was reminded of Tom Hanks in the movie The Terminal. Maybe she wasn't hungry, but there was an air about her that compelled me to want to help her.

She had a bottle of water she was drinking out of... I watched her take a drink, put the cap back on, and put it down on the table where she had her cleaning supplies gathered.

I watched her walk away, leaving her water and supplies unattended for a couple moments to go get a mop, and went off somewhere out of my eyesight ... I didn't know how long I had before she came back... quick as a flash I told my honey to prepare to make a run for it while I dashed over to her table and tucked a $20.00 bill under her water bottle, and we scurried out the door before she came back and caught me.

I remain humbled and grateful this Christmas Eve as I warm food in my oven to feed the family I'm so lucky to be surrounded with tonight. My tree bows over a plentiful array of presents; signs of abundance and the energy of love and wellness fills my home tonight.


Season's Blessings upon us all, ... and if you're given a chance to spread some cheer, please... take it.

You're a peach, Zan. We overtip anonymouly, too.

 

[L Gilbert]

After a while being neighborly gets to be a habit. Even down to stopping traffic behind you to let someone cross the road or let some other motorist get into the line of traffic in front of you. One of the things we like to do is stuff fivers in every SallyAnn bucket we see and hope it goes towards feeding kids that need it. Our deposits on plastic jugs n glass bottles goes into buying extra groceries to toss into food bins.