Strangers’ Small Acts That Changed Lives Forever: Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
I was also frustrated by the time I got on the phone with her so it really cheered me up. I’m fact thinking of it now I’m chuckling and she no doubt told everyone and I hope they all listened to our conversation a few times.
I was waiting tables and a younger woman was taking her son out to dinner. At the time, I was unaware of their financial situation. I lived with my parents at the time and made plenty of cash the night before.
She was very nice and sweet and I overheard her son asking for a big dessert. He wasn’t bratty or anything.
We give a free desert for birthdays but he wanted a big one. So I decided to buy their desert.
Couple moments after that decision I said screw it, and bought their whole meal.
She left me a note which is one of the nicest things I’ve ever read. I’m not a picture guy so I’m glad I posted it on Reddit. You can read it if you’d like.
When I’m bummed out I read that note and remember I don’t suck.
I went to a local breakfast spot after a rough night. Totally forgot my wallet so I left my phone as collateral and went to my house, promising to be right back.
Came back and some guy had already paid for me. He was there with his family and I said thank you a dozen times. I know it doesn’t seem that big of a deal but it was a pretty bleak week for me so it meant a lot.
In November i had a dental surgery. I got two screws drilled up into my upper jaw, and got bone-substitution, the whole operation lasted like one and a half hour. After that, I headed to the train station to go home. Before I got on the train I bought the antibiotics and the pain killers, as the given anesthesia was heavily fading. So I got on the train, and I tried to minime my movement to be able to take the painkillers as fast as possible. I sat down with a woman sitting opposite of me, and I took 3 pills right away. She noticed, that something was off with me, and asked if she could help me with anything or anyway. First I said no, but a few minutes later I asked her to speak to me, and just talk about anything to discracted my attention. So she spoke about everything, her job, her life, her family, the meal she wanted to cook for dinner etc. I’m still very grateful for her.
This was years back when I was in university and I was waiting for the public bus to come so I could go home. I had a very long day, kind of slumped over on my seat, and probably looked miserable (unintentional). This woman (fellow student) walking by took a look at my face and asked if I was okay. She sat down across from me and asked me a lot of questions and I said I was fine, just tired. I had to convince her that it was just that and she finally reluctantly left while looking back at me, but she was very caring and considerate to decide to act in the moment with some compassion. Hope she’s doing well these days all things considering.
When I was in a uni seminar and a woman in my group who I didn’t know very well called me pretty. I’m quite shy and awkward and not conventionally attractive so that made my day (and my life tbh).
Back in the 70s I picked my girlfriend up when her shift ended at midnight and we went to her favorite diner. We ordered and were eating when an elderly woman passing by, stopped and told us we were a cute couple. When I tried to get our check the server told us that the woman paid for our meals.
I was driving down a 3-lane highway in my old Taurus station wagon (unrelated but it’s a very ugly car) and two other people driving old Taurus station wagons pulled up next to me. For a brief moment we were lined up perfectly across all three lanes. Just three Taurus station wagons aligned on the highway. We laughed and waved at each other then drifted away. The absurdity of the moment + the fact that the other drivers also recognized it happening and shared the amusement is what makes it for me.
Ugh, I was at this blues dance at a scene I’d never been to, dancing with a lot of strangers and it was so fun.
But this one guy it just clicked with. We had three dances that night and each one worked perfectly, not a foot wrong or a missfollowed lead or a mistimed turn and, ugh bliss. Just pure, human, connection.
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