Stories of Kindness from Around the World

I was in a big hurry today, I had to be somewhere before noon and the traffic was terrible.  As I was making my way through the traffic I saw an old man ahead standing by the side of the road.  He was standing on one leg and trying to gesture to the passing cars, with the hope that one of them would stop.  No one stopped.  He looked very sweet and my heart felt so sorry that he had to stand like that in the terrible heat.  As soon as I approached him, I put my hazzard lights on and pulled over.  He was surprised to see a woman, and was reluctant to even peep into the front window when I lowered it.

I called out to him: "Baba where do you want to go? Why don't you get inside.  It's so hot for you."

He still seemed a little shocked but he opened the door and got into the seat, I adjusted the air conditioning for him and then we started on the journey.
 
He kept thanking me and blessing me all the way, saying "may God be with you and may you do well always".  He was a retired army officer and he said he had been waiting for over three hours.

I thanked him for his blessings and asked him where I should drop him off.  He said "I am sure you are a busy lady, so let me get down here. It will be easier for me to get a taxi in this busier area."  "Here?" I asked. "You will have to cross this busy road and walk a little further up to get the taxi from here" I told him.  He smiled and said "Don't worry.  I will cross over slowly."  I replied and said to him "if you were my father, I would never let you cross this busy road with these speeding cars. Don't worry, I will take you to the other side and wait with you until you get  a taxi" I said, not caring that I might miss my noon deadline.

We found him a taxi and he got down bid me good bye, thanking me and blessing me again.

I then rushed on to where I had to be.  As soon as I got in, I got a call from my husband saying his company had won a big contract.  This was a very big achievement because my husband's company was brand new and usually these contracts are awarded to established companies.  I was so happy.  I had done one small kind thing and in return we had got so much.

I took my husband shopping that day to celebrate.  We bought him a new briefcase and two new shirts.  We got a third shirt free as part of a special offer in the shop. My husband has asked me to gift the shirt to someone to share some of our good luck.