Acts of kindness

Angel9876

My dad hired a vintage car for my wedding day from a friend (who had the car as a hobby). We were going up the hill from the church to the reception when the lights at the top of the hill changed to red. The car stopped, but then couldn't get up the hill. Dad's mate was frantically trying to get the car to move and smoke was filling the back of the car where we were sitting, when a very nice man pulled over, got some rope out the back of his car and towed us up the hill.

I never got chance to thank him on the day, and we were going to put something in the paper when we got back off our honeymoon, but we never got around to it. I really really wish we had, because that is our fondest memory of the day.

determined_new_ms

organised_chaos wrote: »

Thank you to everyone who has posted on this thread - I have been moved to tears several times and check back to read some more when I'm feeling glum.

I had an amazing act of kindness happen to me recently that I blogged about here, with a link to this amazing forum at the bottom, and it's only just occurred to me to actually post it in here to keep this wonderful thread going

wow can I just say I am loving ur blog & what you have to say! bravo :T I love to hear women fighting the continued oppression of the 21st century. Its always a continual battle :A

Nessynoo

This Tuesday, I was cycling to work. Barely 100 metres up my road, i saw a leather wallet in the road. "I'll stop and pick that up", i thought. I'd want someone honest to do the same for me if I'd lost my purse. I put the brakes on, skidded on wet leaves and slammed into the road.

I rolled around in the road for a minute, moaning in agoony. A nice chap came out of his house and got me onto the pavement. The tears started once he'd left!

I got the wallet, and limped back home. I had a rummage through the wallet...driving licence, a wadge of the same business card, and a trade card in the same business name. I called the mobile number on the card, and got hold of the owner. He lived opposite where I saw the wallet (His driving license addy was miles away)

We met up, I apoligised for my flustered face and I gave him his wallet. He was very thankful. I had to show him the mess I'd made of my knee though!

I'm confused as to how my act of kindness was rewarded with such agony!

Still, I feel good for doing the right thing. I believe that what goes around comes around.

dark^knight

I remember when I used to work in London, and travelling on the tube I used to think that everyone just rushes around not caring about anyone else.

On one occassion, I got on the tube and managed to find a seat. I must have had a hard day and was looking worn out. Anyway, someone sitting across me asked me 'are you feeling all right?'. That small gesture meant so much to me, I remember it to this day.

cupcakeprincess

I work in a hotel and on my journey home a very drunk lady asked if I could phone a taxi for her instead of paying for a taxi on the metre to get her home...I rang several taxi firms but seeing that she was drunk when they came, they refused to take her home.

I managed to walk her back to the hotel I worked in and paid for her room for the night and breakfast because she couldn't remember her pin number.

I left that evening feeling pretty proud of myself knowing I had done the right thing. Weeks later at work we recieved a MASSIVE bunch of flowers with an envelope saying 'to the lovely black lady' (I'm the only black female at work lol) inside the envelope was £200 in cash a £50 next voucher and a note saying 'I may not have lived to tell the tale if you weren't there'

That small act of kindness has changed me positively....sometimes Londoners can be lovely

saorsie

cupcakeprincess wrote: »

I work in a hotel and on my journey home a very drunk lady asked if I could phone a taxi for her instead of paying for a taxi on the metre to get her home...I rang several taxi firms but seeing that she was drunk when they came, they refused to take her home.

I managed to walk her back to the hotel I worked in and paid for her room for the night and breakfast because she couldn't remember her pin number.

I left that evening feeling pretty proud of myself knowing I had done the right thing. Weeks later at work we recieved a MASSIVE bunch of flowers with an envelope saying 'to the lovely black lady' (I'm the only black female at work lol) inside the envelope was £200 in cash a £50 next voucher and a note saying 'I may not have lived to tell the tale if you weren't there'

That small act of kindness has changed me positively....sometimes Londoners can be lovely

I think you were the kind one in that situation cupcake ~ how lovely that your thoughtfulness was rewarded, hopefully that lady went on to pay it forward also

-s-

organised_chaos

determined_new_ms wrote: »

wow can I just say I am loving ur blog & what you have to say! bravo :T I love to hear women fighting the continued oppression of the 21st century. Its always a continual battle :A

Thank you so much *blushes* x

andrew-the-cat

Some fantastic reads in this section. I always had the belief that if you did something nice for someone, someone would do something nice for you.

I jumped into the sea a few years back in the winter to save a young woman from drowning. Probably the stupidest thing I have done in my life as I almost died. I didn't ask for any reward as I thought it was just what anyone would have done, but her boyfriend took my number anyway. It wasn't much use since the phone was in my pocket when I jumped in and the water wrecked it, but he found me on myspace and after exchanging a couple of messages he paid for my phone to be replaced.

Wellyboots6

My neighbour is regularly kind to me, and I don't know if I thank him enough so any ideas to pay it forward would be gratefully received!

He is a postman and so is up really early in the morning. On wheelie bin day he puts everybodys bins out for them along our row. We arent allowed to put bins out the day before. He does it so quietly though I never hear him! If I get home from work before he does I bring the bins back in, but usually he has been home first and taken them all in. He does it without ever saying anything.

A few months ago he was out trimming his hedge. I went out and when I returned home he had been round and trimmed my hedge for me too.

Its very nice for saying I only moved in here 6 months ago!

Aesop

katy721 wrote: »

My neighbour is regularly kind to me, and I don't know if I thank him enough so any ideas to pay it forward would be gratefully received!

can you bake? and does he like cakes? if so, make him a cake and take it around to say thank you