Never Cease to Warm Each Other's Hearts

--by monkeyinpajamas, posted Nov 10, 2009

One of my classmates and I were doing our project work late at night on my university's campus. I had worn a winter jacket to school that day, since there was a rain in the forecase, a raincoat in my bag.

Throughout our work on the project, I could see that my friend was tired from a very long day working. As we stepped outside to begin the long walk home, I noticed she was shivering. The temperature had dropped to the low thirties (Fahrenheit) and she only had a sweater on.

I immediately offered her my warm jacket, to which she asked me what I would wear then. I told her I had another jacket and pretended that my raincoat was a jacket. She said later that she woke up the next morning and the first thing on her mind was feeling moved about my offer of the jacket.

Coincidentally, yesterday I went to an open-air play and I was freezing since I didnt expect it to be so cold. A person who I hardly knew insisted that I wear his jacket. I was deeply touched by this warm gesture. He was so matter-of-fact about me wearing his coat, too: he simply took it off and handed it to me telling me that I should keep it.

I used to think that this vast universe was a cold place. It turns out that even when the temperature drops low, the people never cease to warm each other's hearts.

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Posted by monkeyinpajamas
Nov 10, 2009
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luckyman wrote: Kindness is so difficult to give away because it keeps coming back. That is what happened to you dear!

What you give is what you get.

It is only in giving one receives!

Your posts or stories are really very heartwarming.

You are a star!

FairyBubbles wrote: That is a really beautiful story - you are right, there is much love and warmth in the world. You are an angel too, as you started a ripple of love when you gave your friend your jacket.

AURELIA wrote: Hi Guin,
What a touching story. The giving is so beautiful. You are a very special person to give your coat and battle the cold weather with a lightweight jacket. I am proud of you. And wherever you are now, I am glad to know that you are starting a ripple effect there too! Smiles are Contagious :0) Love, Aurelia

brighteyes wrote: Thank you for "sharing your warm" (jacket) with another....I smiled when I read that you were then a recipent of a coat by a friend....it's the ripple effect...warmth, compassionate, love shared or given - RETURNS MULTIPLIED.

Kudos, Brighteyes ;)

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