Stories of Kindness from Around the World

When people are in need of help, you help, whatever you can do to make their life a little bit easier. Whether it's a bag of groceries, some warm blankets that they borrowed for a cold night, or just a ride to work.

I'm in the restaurant business, and I close the place just about every night, it's cool, but I have one situation. "My dishwasher", he's riding his bike to work. He had a car, but it broke down, so now he rides his bike; rain sleet or cold, and his better days are when it's nice. That's not the problem, the problem is that he's sixty plus years old..., and being in the restaurant business, "you need a dishwasher", rain, sleet or cold. He's riding to his first job in the morning, then back home to take a nap, then heads toward me for his second job.

Waiting for the mailman is a different story; rain, sleet, or snow, at least you know you're getting a check, not I, I"m waiting and hoping he's ok.., he's "My Dishwasher". So every night he's riding his bike into work, or I go get him.

While he's finishing up in the dish room, I'm unlocking his bike, riding it to my truck, dealing with the juxtaposition to get the bike in the truck and close it for a warm safe ride home. I go back in, take all the garbage out, grab the floor mats and head back to the office to finish my work so we can get out of there!

At the end of the night, I get him and his bike home. It"s what you're supposed to do. I help people who need and need the people that I help. In life, it's not so much about improving your life but to be important in someone else's life.

This creates some type of bond, You find out about things you never knew about that person. I pull up to his house, unlatch the back of the truck, take the bike out, and put the kickstand down. While I'm doing all of this, he's just getting out of the truck. Walks around to the back where I am, shakes my hand, and says "God bless you, and thank you." "No, thank you, My Dishwasher."