Strangers’ Small Acts That Changed Lives Forever: Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
I have 2 small dogs and was walking them in a pretty big park in the city. A young woman came up to me, asked me about them and asked if she could join us on our walk. She was new to the city and didn’t have any friends or know how to meet people and really loved dogs. We ended up hanging out at the park the whole afternoon just walking around.
At one point, we encountered a man with his young daughter who was maybe 3 or 4 years old and very clearly had some kind of mental disability. She saw the little dogs and very excitedly ran over to them. My dogs are not really great with strangers and at the time had no experience with children (nor had I) so I got this sudden sense of panic, that one might end up hurting the other. But the girl that was walking with us just stepped in between them and very patiently explained to the little girl how to approach them slowly, pet them gently, let them come to her etc.
Their interaction went on for a few minutes and was the most heartwarming thing I’d ever seen. I absolutely would not have known how to handle that situation had I been by myself. The dad was super grateful and the little girl was beyond excited.
When I was little and at the Walgreens near my home with my brother, an old lady gave me money while standing in line and told us to buy ourselves some candy that was nearby.
That was so long ago and I wish nothing but the best for that lady whenever I remember that simple gesture.
I went back to my home town to visit my Grandma (mother’s side) for her birthday. The trip was sort of a birthday present to myself as well as our birthdays are close together and because of that we ended up having a shared party with my old friends and hers and our family (they even invited family from my dad’s side which was a pleasant surprise)
Anyways long story short, there were some of my grandma’s friends there obviously and there was this sweet lady about 80 years old who I had never met before ever in my life, but she got me a fairly expensive bottle of wine because “everyone should get to celebrate with wine on their 21st” and there was a card attached and it was completely full on both sides with beautiful handwriting congratulating me and just going off wishing me the best in life and god I just wish I remembered off the top of my head anything it said. I do still have the card packed away because it was so sweet and odd because as confirmed by my Grandma, I had honestly never met the woman in my life until that day.
I work at a shop stocking shelves and one day I was using my knife to cut up one of the empty boxes so I could put it away when an old man stopped in front of me. He was watching me for a little while so I asked if I was in his way and if he needed past me to get something and he said “No, I was just watching to make sure you didn’t cut yourself.”
It doesn’t sound like much but at the time I was struggling with my mental health and it was nice to know that someone was looking out for me (:.
One night after 1:00 AM my girlfriends and I were cruising in the family station wagon on snowy gravel roads listening to music and smoking a doob. I hit a icy patch and put the Country Squire into the ditch… Before cell phones, we were scared and not sure where we were or what to do, it was about 10 degrees outside. About 5 minutes into the dilemma, we saw tractor lights coming across the cornfield where we were ditched. A caring farmer had seen our headlights and got up, jumped on his tractor and came and pulled us out of the ditch. All he said when we got to us was, “You girls need a hand there?”. We still laugh about it and are so thankful for Super Farmer Man.
When not in school, I work as a contractor for a direct care provider. Essentially, I drive young adults with mental disabilities to and from work. My client and I were in the check-out line at Walmart checking out after picking up some snacks for the car ride. I hear a commotion behind me and I turn to see a young woman with a bright blue pixie cut and no less than 20 Starbucks mugs (the kind that come with instant hot chocolate) in her arms. One almost slipped out but she was able to recover it.
I asked her if she was good and she jokingly explained that it was her price control method. Instead of getting a cart, she limits herself to what she can carry in her arms. I had assumed that these were Christmas gifts, but she said that they were all for her. She works at Starbucks, but the stores never carry the best holiday merchandise. My brother works at Starbucks so I asked what store she worked at and vice versa and then the conversation turned into us just fangirling about coffee.
Suddenly she stares over my shoulder and starts saying “No, no, not a partner. Sibling of a partner.” It turns out that she was talking to someone through her airpods who heard our entire conversation. We laughed and then it was my clients turn to check out. Afterword, he asked how long we had been friends and was shocked when I said roughly five minutes.
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