Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Push It Forward


--by bert.secreti, posted Sep 14, 2013
Many years ago, while returning from visiting my mother at the nursing home, our car died in the intersection of two very busy roads. 

Since neither my brother, sister, or I were old enough to steer our car my father suggested that we got out and pushed while he steered the car. Our efforts were fruitless and the car sat in the intersection. 

Suddenly, from every direction, strangers seemed to appear. They came from the golf course across the street, the gas station at the corner, the sandwich shop in the other direction, and they pushed beside us, helping to help move the car out of the road. 

Twenty-five years later I was driving and saw a mother and her children in the same predicament. 

We pulled over, walked to the car, and helped move them out the road and waited until the tow-truck arrived.
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Readers Comments

Dobby wrote: Great example of paying it forward AND a great example that paying it forward doesn't always happen right away, but when most needed! Thanks for the share!
jsmc10 wrote: amazing :)
Mish wrote: A kindness intersection! :))
FairyBubbles wrote: That is amazing that it was to same place and the same thing happened. I am so glad that you were there and you helped them.
(((HUG)))
deactivated wrote: I have a gaiety feeling:))))))sounds cool yo,that's right mishie! it's a kindness intersection,i agree with js,dobby and twinkle too.:)))))))

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