Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Thank You For Your Thank You


--by pluto178, posted May 31, 2012

This morning I received a beautiful hand-made card in the post. The envelope was marked "Thank you!" and I didn't open it immediately whilst I tried to work out who it had come from. Who could be saying thanks to me?  

Happily I had a few choices. When I opened it I discovered it was from a lady I had sent a free gift to on eBay. 
 
She was completely overwhelmed by this random act of kindness from a stranger and has since joined the HelpOthers family.
 
She had made the card especially for me with pink butterflies on the front. It was lovely! The thing that surprised me the most was that she actually used the words "I love you" to me. How wonderful to be such a positive spirit as to love so freely . Most of us are very cautious when using those three words.  
 
I hope she enjoys the stories she finds on HelpOthers and I am sure she will be finding new ways to spread love and kindness too.
 
Thank you for sending me your love, which I know will lift my whole day!

 

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Readers Comments

princessliz wrote: Sweet :) sounds like a pretty letter too.
ritprecious wrote: The world would have been a beautiful place if everyone possesed this heart of kindness towards one another. Am happy to know that two strange souls are now connected in love thru kindness. Remain blessed.
luv4all wrote: This is a good idea to send anonymous gifts through websites. Easy to bring smiles.

Thanks for sharing.

Yeah n feeling n expressing love should be more common, i agree. It makes the world a beautiful place.
Joy wrote: Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing. Blessings to both of you.
JoyNow wrote: Fabulous! Love it. So special to receive a hand made card too. My dad could not say "i love you" to me for so many years. Everytime i ended a conversation with "i love you, dad" he could only say "god bless you". I know he loved me. But for some reason it was so hard for him to say. Finally, several months before he passed away he did say it. Many times, freely. Even more special, he sang a song to me that he wrote. So sweet! Nice memory! Never hold back when it comes to those three words.
Debbie wrote: Wonderful story but how sad that so many are shocked by simple kindness. I love belonging to a group that can show how easy it is to love others.
jsmc10 wrote: Thank you for spreading the word about this amazing site :)
Madhu wrote: Interesting incident. Reminds me of thanking all those who shows kindness to me
Jami2D wrote: Free ebay gift, this is a new idea to me. I have not heard of or thought of. Way to go! :)
ziva wrote: Wonderful story! I love your take on saying those words. Saying "i love you" is just like all the wonderful acts of kindness that mean so much to us and we try to pass on. If we hold ourselves back or hesitate -the chance is often gone and all the joy we feel and want to share is stopped. Ziva

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