The Good Samaritan

Simple acts of kindness go a long way.

In today's society, not many people will go out of their way to be kind to a stranger.
Call it manners, or call it kindness, but I will almost always hold the door open for somebody. Whether its a 40 year old man, or a 16 year old girl, I will wait for them to reach the door before I turn my back on them.
I remember once at Speedy Stop in Portland I held the door open for a few people, including one older man. My mom had said something to me, and the man looked at her and asked, "Is that your daughter?" and of course, she told him yes. He told her he rarely sees somebody of my age, let alone my gender, holding the door open anybody.
I guess I kinda like shocking people with my manners.  I love knowing that I did something nice for somebody else, and I hope that in return, somebody will do something nice for me.

I'm that kind of person that if you catch my eye, I will smile at you. Smiles are contagious, after all.


But, out of any act of kindness that someone has ever done for me - or for someone I'm with - nothing stands out more than when a stranger takes time out of their day to help us.


I was at La Palmera a while back, and I was nursing an ocular migraine. I stayed in the car at first to clear the first stage of the ocular migraine before I went in to find my mom. I knew she was in Hot Topic, so I sat at a table to wait for her. I couldn't take the noise of the mall, so I put my head in my hands to help the ache.
A few minutes later, a man walks up to my table and asks me if I'm alright.
He was just a normal guy visiting the mall. He wasn't with CCPD, and he wasn't a mall cop. He was just a normal guy on a normal day in the normal mall.

He even offered to buy me something to eat.

That act of kindness brought tears to my eyes that day.
This guy, who didn't know me at all, was nicer to me than some of my friends were that day.


It blew my mind.
And if there is even a slight chance that he may be reading this - thank you. You didn't have to take the time to check on me. But you did, and you amaze me. Thank you.



Another act of kindness happened today. I'll write about that as soon as I know I'm allowed to.


But, for all you readers out there, remember this:

What may seem like one small favor to you, may mean the world to someone else.




"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain