what’s a small act of kindness from a stranger that stuck with you years later?
what’s a small act of kindness from a stranger that stuck with you years later?
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what’s a small act of kindness from a stranger that stuck with you years later?
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One time I dropped all my stuff in public and a random girl helped me pick everything up without saying anything. Just a small moment but it really meant a lot that day.
mine was when i was having a bad day and tearing up in the corner of a coffee shop. a women who was three tables aways approached me and handed me a tissue, smiled, and said “whatever it is, you’ll get through it”. it reminded me of the magic of simple kindness and how powerful it can be
A stranger complimented my outfit when I felt really insecure that day. It was so random but meant a lot.
When I was 20 or 21 I was waiting tables, and I don’t remember how it came up, but I told a customer I wish I had a car, and she said she had a car that I could have. It wasn’t even an old beater or anything. She just gave me a car. I started crying and hugging her, and I’m crying thinking about it now >20 years later. I saw her around town a few times after that and I went out of my way to do anything I could possibly do for her. It was life changing.
Edit: I guess that wasn’t really a small act of kindness. My bad.
I was walking to work and stressed with a job I hated, husband had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, I was his emotional punching bag whilst he was trying to deal with it (our relationship hadn’t been good for a while before this) and my brother had killed himself earlier that year.
I don’t think I was crying but I had the weight of the world on me and was in my head.
A woman was walking the other way and just stopped me to ask if I wanted a hug. I burst out crying on her, and she was so sweet snd patient with me.
We headed off in different directions and I never asked her name.
GOD BLESS that woman because way back then I had a solid plan for leaving and although that alone didn’t stop me, it got me through that day.
I still think of her do fondly and I wish I could tell her