Acts of kindness

geeka

i have to bump this thread as its just so good and inspiring.

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BEAR

I always try to do a good turn and am lucky enough to have had many done for me but this one sticks in my mind

it was xmas eve and blowing a gale. I was at my mums house and had sneaked some of the kids pressies out to the car and found a little old man hanging onto the wall. He had obviously been celebrating a bit too much ( this was only about 5o clock) and had been battling up the hill against the wind and couldnt get any further. He was so exhausted he couldnt speak so I told him to hang on, and ran in to grab my coat and tell mum I wouldnt be long.

He only lived a couple of hundres yards away but it took ages and must have looked really comical cos it was one step forward two steps back sort of thing..I am a 5ft shrimp and the wind was blowing us all over the place. Finally got him home and safe...still not much said by him lol

Next time he saw my mother he told her an angel had saved him!

I am on another board here too and get mega bargains which I pass on....the latest being 3pairs of thick socks for 4p which I think every homeless person in the town is wearing

Karma! it works...keep on with these lovely stories:j

fizzle2006

Such a brilliant thread full of heartwarming stories. Just wanted to contribute my own RAOK that I was lucky enough to experience.

When I was 17 i'd saved all my earnings from my part-time job for over a year to go on my first holiday abroad to New York with my cousin. I was having a ball shopping in one of the big department stores, but when I got to the checkout I realised that I couldn't find my passport to use my travellers cheques to pay for my goods.

I was frantic and just wanted to cry. The store was packed to the rafters with people and I knew there was no chance that I would find my little passport in this massive store. I was due to come home in a couple of days time and all my money was in traveller's cheques which literally meant that they were of no use without my passport. I had no idea what to do and was so worried at the time.

Two older American ladies approached me after overhearing my discussions with the security guard who was assisting me. They helped me to calm down and scoured this huge store with me from top to bottom - which took over 45 mins - to try and find my passport. They eventually had to go, but my passport was still missing. Shortly after my cousin found it at the very bottom of her bag of all places!! - she had put it there for safekeeping!!! and forgot!

I was ever so grateful for their help and calming influence at that really worrying time. After all that, my cousin and I set off for our next sightseeing expedition to China Town. Literally as I am coming out of the subway station I bump into the same two ladies again and they ask if I found my passport after all. I was very happy to tell them that I had. I found it very coincidental that I had the opportunity of thanking them once again for their help and letting them know that everything was sorted, as they had said they had been thinking of my plight all afternoon hoping that my passport would be returned to me.

I found the whole experience very heartwarming and I really appreciated these two ladies taking valuable time out of their day to help a complete stranger from the other side of the Atlantic.

PeppermintPatti_2

When I was 19 (back in the mists of time!) I found myself in hospital with stomach pain - turns out I was 7 months pregnant (that's a long story for another day!) and I gave birth to a premature baby. I was just starting out in a new job and living a long way from home. My mum is a widower and so didn't have a huge amount of money.

On the day I came out of hospital I was petrified at how I was going to provide for the baby on my maternity wages (my work were amazing, and backdated it - the lady at HR was suprised when I said I was starting maternity leave that day!).

When I got home, my front room was filled with baby stuff. All the people on my street had bought something; there was a cot, bedding, bottles, a highchair, clothes, toys, a pram and a crate of nappies. I don't think I stopped crying that entire day!

My daughter is 11 now, but I'll never forget the kindness of the people in my community.

Aesop

BEAR wrote: »

I am on another board here too and get mega bargains which I pass on....the latest being 3pairs of thick socks for 4p which I think every homeless person in the town is wearing

Karma! it works...keep on with these lovely stories:j

how lovely! well done you :A

Aesop

PeppermintPatti wrote: »

When I got home, my front room was filled with baby stuff. All the people on my street had bought something; there was a cot, bedding, bottles, a highchair, clothes, toys, a pram and a crate of nappies. I don't think I stopped crying that entire day!

My daughter is 11 now, but I'll never forget the kindness of the people in my community.

I cried reading that!

determined_new_ms

PeppermintPatti wrote: »

When I was 19 (back in the mists of time!) I found myself in hospital with stomach pain - turns out I was 7 months pregnant (that's a long story for another day!) and I gave birth to a premature baby. I was just starting out in a new job and living a long way from home. My mum is a widower and so didn't have a huge amount of money.

On the day I came out of hospital I was petrified at how I was going to provide for the baby on my maternity wages (my work were amazing, and backdated it - the lady at HR was suprised when I said I was starting maternity leave that day!).

When I got home, my front room was filled with baby stuff. All the people on my street had bought something; there was a cot, bedding, bottles, a highchair, clothes, toys, a pram and a crate of nappies. I don't think I stopped crying that entire day!

My daughter is 11 now, but I'll never forget the kindness of the people in my community.

what a lovely post! Has given me a lump in my throat! :T

One of my friends once told me the story of his mother now living in france with her second husband.

When he was 15 his mum and dad split up. His mum was in a bad way emotionally left with 3 children and times were hard financially. So she decided to host foreign students to supplement her income and make ends meet.

One of the students was from Switzerland and she told him that her first love had come from Switzerland too. She told him the story of how they met, fell in love but the relationship ended and how she had always thought of him.

The holiday for the student ended, he left and life carried on. Until one day she was contacted by her childhood sweetheart out of the blue. It turns out that when the student went home he decided to find him and told him of the women he stayed with. They rekindled their love and married.

Aesop

determined_new_ms wrote: »

The holiday for the student ended, he left and life carried on. Until one day she was contacted by her childhood sweetheart out of the blue. It turns out that when the student went home he decided to find him and told him of the women he stayed with. They rekindled their love and married.

how lovely! karma

loubie_lou

determined_new_ms wrote: »

what a lovely post! Has given me a lump in my throat! :T

One of my friends once told me the story of his mother now living in france with her second husband.

When he was 15 his mum and dad split up. His mum was in a bad way emotionally left with 3 children and times were hard financially. So she decided to host foreign students to supplement her income and make ends meet.

One of the students was from Switzerland and she told him that her first love had come from Switzerland too. She told him the story of how they met, fell in love but the relationship ended and how she had always thought of him.

The holiday for the student ended, he left and life carried on. Until one day she was contacted by her childhood sweetheart out of the blue. It turns out that when the student went home he decided to find him and told him of the women he stayed with. They rekindled their love and married.

That's just brilliant!

geeka

Im just bumping this again as its such a good thread also to tell you about what happened to me last week. I was getting the train home and got up to get off at my stations and saw a lady, her young child and her grandmother with alot of bags and they looked to be struggling so I asked them if they needed a hand with anything. They said thank you at the same time another young lad (maybe 18) also said would you like a hand. We took off their bags and pushchair and they were very grateful. I then walked up the road to pick my car up from a back street and on the way up i noticed a car parked up I recognised outside a paper shop. Looked inside and my ex and her little lad were buying something. Now if I hadnt done an act of kindness I would have bumped into them parking up and going into the shop and had to get a load of stick or abuse from her (crazy woman!). Just goes to prove being helpful really is a good thing!