Stories of Kindness from Around the World

May I Please Cut Ahead Of You?


--by cyctw, posted Jul 6, 2016
A young lady and her daughter were behind me in line at Safeway the other day; they were just buying one gift card. I was purchasing only a few items, but the mature lady in front of me had her motorized cart full of groceries!

The lady behind me asked the one in front of me if she could go ahead of her, as she only had one item. The mature lady gladly let her go. The immediate thought that crossed my mind was "why didn't she ask me first?" After all, she was cutting ahead of me, too!

As the young lady went to buy her gift card, she and her daughter offered to place all of the groceries on the conveyer belt for the mature lady:). My own selfishness quickly vanished, but I felt a tinge of shame over my own pettiness. It was a beautiful act of kindness to witness. After the young lady and her mother left, all that the mature lady could talk about was their kindness, as she just brushed hers under the rug. I told her that what she did was very kind, too<3.
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Readers Comments

nathalie_love79 wrote: Love this!
RoseMarie wrote: X
splain wrote: Well done
debmeron wrote: good for you... every opportunity for growth in kindness is something special to treasure...Debbie from NJ, USA (& Israel)
1sher wrote: I have known this feeling too
mnc_91 wrote: The stubborn ego and the beautiful heart :-)
mindyjourney wrote: Thank you for letting go of the negative feelings and focus on the positive kindness :))
mish wrote: I smile because I probably too would have had your initial reaction :)))

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