. I was waiting my turn at the checkout in a shopping centre and I couldn’t help overhearing a young man’s conversation on his phone. He was nicely dressed and had a good look about him but it seemed he was having a hard time with money. He told the person on the phone he…
. I did a good deed for someone else everyday this past week. I had actually made this a personal goal long long ago. I do something for someone else everyday! It may or may not be for someone I know or that know’s me. When winter comes, I gather coats and blankets for the…
. I’ve been unemployed for 9 months now, but sometimes get called for work. The other night as I was coming out of the grocery store a young mother with her little girl, came up to me in the parking lot and asked if I’d like to buy a dozen tamales. I rarely carry cash,…
. I met a new friend tonight after I paid for her cookie when she did not have enough. Then a guy came in the same shop and was short of change, so she gave over what she had and the shop owner let the next person who was short 6 cents get their soda…
. One day a little over a year ago, I walked into my regular nail salon and I noticed a woman wearing a turban on her head. She looked very tired and pale and I noticed that she didn’t have any hair and her eye brows were missing and her eyelashes too. She had dark…
. I live in Miami, Florida and work downtown. Years ago we had a couple of record breaking cold temperature nights during our short winter and I saw a homeless man curled up, shaking and sleeping on the floor on my way home at almost 10 p.m. It was freezing by our standards and it…
. When my girls were almost six, we flew from Washington State to Pittsburgh PA. Just the 4 of us. My dad had cancer and a stroke and we weren’t sure he’d make it. My husband dropped us off curbside at the airport. I was carrying their travel backpacks and my own things, trying to…
I find out every day how many kind people there still are. When I shop in any market that is too large to walk, I use a motorized cart because I have trouble walking, losing my balance. However, so many people in that market, anyone of them, ask me if I need help. I am…
. I am 27 years old and from a part of the world which is completely misunderstood by many. I remember when I was a kid studying in 5 standard, my dad had an accident and became handicapped. My mum had to take responsibility of our family. She used to make 100 paper bags and…
. The year before last, my husband and I were having a hard time. Christmas came around and we didn’t have the money to get much for our three kids. We left the house one day and when we came home, there were presents piled around the Christmas tree and a Christmas dinner on the table.
. Today at Wal-Mart there was a guy standing in the cold wind with a sign that he is out of work and has kids. I parked and went in, did my shopping then got in my car to leave. I was driving past him on my way out and made the decision to go…
. Long story cut short… back in 2007 I was doing the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and went out to dinner with my wife in this gorgeous little seaside town (Apollo Bay I think it was) and during our meal I noticed this lovely older couple enjoying each others’ company whilst dining out also. We…