Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Helping a Person in Need


--by cirrus, posted Oct 18, 2011

A homeless person was begging in a shopping mall for money and food. He asked me as well, and at first I declined.  

Then, he asked me if I was going to the grocery store located below, and that gave me a thought.  I went back to find him, and when I finally did, I offered to buy him food from the grocery store.  

I went shopping with this guy. He said to me that hadn't eaten for 2 days.  He also mentioned that he might get an appartement from an organization in my country that provides help and guidance to those in need.  

I said to him that he could buy for 5 euro and he did. He bought a loaf of bread, some yoghurt, cheese to put on the bread and some chocolate.

Even though the chocolate made the total a little over 5 euro, I couldn't lelt him put it back and told him to take what he wanted. 

He was so glad I did this for him and was so thankfull! 

Greetings,

Cirrus

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Readers Comments

biswajit dutta wrote: I am married and have one child. My famiy throughen out me and my wife from my house. I need help for buy home. Pls some body help.
Kyle wrote: I wish there was more people in the world how care about homeless. It is a big issue, i feel so sorry for them. Every time i see them i start crying. I will always lend a hand to people in need
Tim wrote: I am a 47 year old man. My parents divorced when i was 18, as a result i ended up homeless. I ate cold fast food from dumpsters for longer than i care to remember. I heard all the car window shout outs, "get a job", "bum", etc. It took me nearly a year of relentless searching and applying for a job but it is quite difficult without an address or phone#. Eventually i was hired by a 7-11 manager in va beach in 1986 that must of known i was homeless and was compassionate but he never spoke of it. Today i live in ohio, i am married and doing well with 3 awesome kids. I will never forget the man that helped me out of poverty. Walt! You didn't owe me anything, but perhaps knowing or not, you gave me everything!
Trish0317 wrote: Noone ever knows what happens to some people out in this world, but he took your kindness and spent it the way he knew he needed to and to prove that is what he wanted and needed. I love this story.
whitby98 wrote: What a wonderful thing to do for that poor man. Imagine the gratitude he felt at getting what he desperately needed without being judged. I'm sure that food tasted incredible to him. Bless you.
moral12 wrote: That was very kind of you to buy food for this person. Kudos to you!
jordan wrote: A kind person! How to help others is also a question! We should do what they really need!
gu3ra wrote: that was really kindness of u keep it up
smilingdaisy wrote: Thank you for spreading God's light! That man needed to be shown that someone actually cared about him. You showed him that! God bless you!
trueblue wrote: You are truly an earth angel...shopping with a person in need...That has just made my day....just knowing that we have selfless people like you in this world has generated a wide smiles to my day!! :)

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