Strangers’ Small Acts That Changed Lives Forever: Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
I randomly received a text a few years later that said, ” I finally paid it forward”.
Was lost, thought they had the wrong number, but they specifically saved it to tell me they were doing well enough to pay it forward finally. At that time I was going through a really rough time, and that text actually brought me out of the funk I was in.
I was crying dramatically in the rain at a crosswalk over some dumb thing I don’t even remember, and this old man who stopped at the same crosswalk stood next to me and slowly raised his umbrella for me and walked across the road with me.
I was crying hard and couldn’t get a thank you out tho, I hope he’s doing fine.
This happened pretty recently (within the last year or two). It’s a pretty common occurrence but its a really nice feeling. I had just gotten dinner with my family and we had leftovers so we got to-go boxes, and I was dead-set on eating my food later, because I was the only one who had leftovers worth eating.
Before we get in the car, my mom sees this homeless guy walking around asking for food, and me having been a greedy little a*****e, I didn’t want to give my food up, but this moment oddly changed my perspective on things. I finally gave up my food, and seeing him quite literally dance down the street while he carried the food away made me realize that helping other people makes you want to be a better person and do it more often.
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