Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Marks Of Kindness


--by giggles, posted Jul 19, 2014
I was on my way to my parents' on my motorcycle and saw a middle aged man carrying a heavy sack on his shoulders and walking with great struggle. I passed him, then paused, and turned around to stop near him and offer him a ride.

He lifted the heavy sack which had a lot of scrap iron and sat on the pillion. Immediately he asked me my name and after I told him, blessed me aloud. We rode on.

In five minutes, we were stopped by a traffic cop who demanded to see my license. There were many cops who were stopping everyone on that road. My ride got down with his sack and got back on after I was through with the cop.

We reached his destination. He got off and thanked me again. After reaching home, while parking my motorcycle I saw that the iron pieces in the sack that he had placed on the pillion had made deep marks and almost torn the seat in a couple of places.

I smiled and took it as a reminder he had left behind so that I do not forget what the pillion is for.
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Readers Comments

😊Genie Jo wrote: May ur blessing continue thru the universe
madhur wrote: Beautiful.
The marks of torn seat inspiring to learn how negativity can be transformed and understood well
LouiseA wrote: What an inspiring story, and so positive. Reminds us that we can often help carry a burden for someone if we just pay attention to the opportunity to do so.
jsmc10 wrote: bless you for doing this and making positive out of the negative with the damage to the motorcycle :/
indubala wrote: very nice to help a loaded person and also thanks for your positive attitude. keep it up always.
jomartin87112 wrote: Sweet! And good for you to turn what many would consider a negative into a positive!

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