Can You Go Overboard With Kindness?

--by whitby98, posted Mar 23, 2012

This past weekend I had a bunch of charitable things I wanted to do. I took food to the animal shelter, I bought sweaters and a couple of sleeping bags to donate to the homeless, and I bought someone's breakfast at the drive-thru.

On my way into the good-will shop I saw a couple of young teenagers huddled together; a boy and a girl, no more than 14 or 15. The girl had her head on the boy's shoulder and they were clinging to each other. No one paid them any attention.

On my way out, I saw them still sitting there. I started to walk to my car but thought, 'No. What if these poor kids need something? What if they've run away and have nowhere to go? What if they're hungry?'

Imagining all sorts of awful scenarios I turned around and walked towards them, very proud of myself for my impending act of charity.

I asked the girl if they were okay.

She seemed startled and said, "Oh yeah, we're fine, just waiting for my grandma to finish shopping!"

Instead of feeling stupid, I decided to laugh and be grateful that they were really okay.

And I'm STILL laughing about it! LOL!

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Posted by whitby98
Mar 23, 2012
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bluxess wrote: I love the way you are comfortable being who you are ... This is the best humor we can share ... Thanks for all the help you have given :-) Immense Blessings, Bluxess.

Glowworm wrote: That you stopped speaks volume about your character. No reason to be embarrassed. You did the right and kind thing, even though they were fine :) Glad you're able to laugh at yourself. That is a very good ability!

Bluebellgirl wrote: Its absolutely alright to see if one is okay, i know that feeling, of constantly wanting to make a difference, it is something you should be proud of :) :)

moral12 wrote: But, even though they were "OK", it was very thoughtful of you to be so concerned about these young people. And, it never hurts to be able to laugh at yourself; you absolutely did the right thing.

unknown wrote: and had you not asked them, you likely would have worried about them after you got home, so you saved yourself from that concern, and showed a couple of kids that they were important enough to be asked after. Blessings on you for your kindness.

Katie wrote: I was once waiting for my dad to pick me up, but he was a little late. This man was walking his dog and he had already walked past me twice. He came back after the second time to ask if i was ok. I was fine, of course, but i still remember feeling so happy knowing that random strangers will take care of me if i'm not fine sometimes.

So, yeah, don't feel stupid.

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