Stories of Kindness from Around the World

18 Holes Of Happiness


--by Micah1116, posted Oct 20, 2012

There is a golf course a couple miles from where I live and I used to go fishing at a pond there, usually first thing in the morning. 

 
There used to be a guy named Daniel who would come every morning and do maintenance work. It's an 18 hole golf course, really big. He had a morning routine of things he had to do including mowing the grass, putting up the flags at each hole, etc. 
 
He's a really nice guy. We often chatted about different things and we got used to seeing each other there. This morning, I decided that I would do something for him. So, I drove down to the golf course at about 6:30 am and got all the flags for the golf course (which they keep outside by the clubhouse) and went and put them up at each of the holes. This is one the main things he had to do each morning and, as you can imagine, it could be quite time consuming at such a large golf course. 
 
He usually gets there at around 7:30 or so. I didn't stay to see him find that someone had done that for him, and didn't leave a note or anything to let him know who did it, it actually feels really nice doing something for someone and not taking any credit for it, just being happy for helping someone.

 

 

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thaata wrote: Yes doing something out of sheer love for another one without expecting anything in return is the way to go about kind acts. Very nice of you.
twinkle wrote: What a fabulous thing to have done. Your story made me smile just thinking about it.
Resty wrote: I am humbled with lots of love and kindness that i have received from help others.

Merry x-mass and happy new year 2013.


Wanna have a true long lasting friend from help others,but am married.
luv4all wrote: A great deed, inspiring
Dochy wrote: That is soo sweet! :) :) :) the look of surprise and pure joy on daniel's face must've been awesome! Thank micah for making daniel's day special! :)
jsmc10 wrote: Aww, this was so nice, thank you for helping :)
Blessed2BKind wrote: Thanks for sharing :) that was a very nice thing to do
dr.bbalnarayana wrote: Helping others is too polite to get
If one does, the work of other is fair
Nevertheless, the secret behind the help makes the human lazy
If continue to support, employee does become lazy and inconsistent
If any day, one fail to achieve the help
He be blamed and may lose the confidence
Of the employer and may put away from his post
So only assisting is for better than discharging the duties
Shirley Marsh wrote: Such a kind gesture, especially since it remained anonymous. I would love to have seen his face!
tanzeel wrote: You have done a great thing thats good when we don,t take credit of things we do for other if we start taking credit then we would feel proud of our act and thats not good!

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