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Heartwarming Tales That Highlight the Power of Kindness
Story 1:
My dad was our school janitor. Students treated me horribly, but one girl in my class saved me with her kindness. That year, she left. I didn’t hear from her. 12 years later, I became a lawyer and saw her name booked for a visit. When she came in, I froze in total shock. She started to cry when she saw me. She had become a completely different person: pale, very frail, and fragile.
She told me she needed a good lawyer and had found out I worked at a law firm. She had only $300 left but desperately needed help-her powerful husband had taken her two children. Life with him had been unbearable, but losing her kids was worse.
I reassured her and promised to convince my boss to take her case pro bono. We worked tirelessly, and she won sole custody.
Months later, we still kept in touch. One day, I told her that her kindness to me in school-when others mocked me-kept my faith in people alive. Helping her was my chance to return that kindness, and I will always be grateful for it.
Story 2:
I was a security guard at a museum, and my job was to watch priceless art. One night, I saw a young boy sneak past the barriers and touch a very expensive painting. My heart stopped.
I was about to yell at him when a woman, his mother, walked up and just smiled at me. “He’s blind,” she explained quietly. “This is the only way he can ’see’ the art.”
I didn’t get in trouble for it. I was given a promotion. And every week, I started seeing the boy and his mother. I’d watch as he “saw” the art, and I knew that sometimes, kindness is not about what you do, but about what you choose not to do.
Story 3:
The first day of August, my wallet was stolen on a bus, and it had my entire month’s rent inside. I was sobbing on a park bench when an older man sat next to me. I guess he could tell something was wrong.
I told him my story, not expecting anything. He just nodded and pulled out a checkbook. He wrote a check for the exact amount I’d lost.
When I protested, he told me, “Thirty years ago, a stranger gave me the money to buy the suit for my first job interview. Today, I own a company. I am paying it forward.” The check was from a company I recognized as a major local business.
Story 4:
I was at the airport, on my way to my mother’s funeral. I missed my flight by minutes. I was inconsolable, sitting on the floor, when a woman with a toddler came up to me. She didn’t say anything; she just handed me a pack of tissues and sat down next to me.
I told her my story, and she listened without judgment. Then, her husband walked up. He told her their flight was boarding and asked what she was doing.
She looked at him and said, “This woman needs us.” She handed me money so that I could buy a new ticket, and I flew to my mother’s funeral, a stranger’s kindness my only comfort.
Story 5:
My dad died suddenly, and my mom was a mess. She couldn’t deal with anything. Our lawn was a disaster.
One day, our next-door neighbor, who was usually pretty reserved, just showed up with his lawnmower. He spent the entire afternoon mowing our lawn, pulling weeds, and trimming the bushes. He never said a word about it. He just kept doing it every week for months until my mom was able to get back on her feet.
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