Stories of Kindness from Around the World

After working out one day, in the locker room, I came across a gorgeous wedding ring studded with many diamonds and a ruby ring.  I could tell they were very expensive, and by the color, the gold looked to be 24 carat.

I looked around but there was no one in the gym or in the locker room.  So I took the rings to our work Lost & Found in the Security department upstairs.  After you fill out the tag, the items are kept for at least 30 days.

I told the security guard that I did not want my name mentioned, as I wanted it to be a random act of kindness. I did not want the person to feel they needed to thank me or compensate me.  And I was pretty sure that the rings would be claimed!

Over the course of the day, I forgot all about turning in the rings but as I leaving the building the next day, the security guard told me, "You made that woman's day, you know?"

I said, "Whose?"

She told me that early the next morning, an Indian woman frantically called security, crying and asking about her missing rings.  She described the rings and said that althought she had given up hope in finding them, she thought she would take one last chance in calling the gym in the remote chance that someone found them.  Not only were the rings valuable but it held a lot of sentimental value for her.

Security was happy to tell her, "Yes, Ma'am! They were turned in last night, found in the locker room."  And the Security added, "The finder wanted to remain anonymous."

The young Indian woman was so shocked & thrilled!  She told the guard that her wedding ring was from her husband and one of a kind -- he had it specially made for her.  And the ruby ring was from her Grandma in India, who was no longer alive.  Both were priceless.

I, too, have lost  jewelry and I was so glad to know someone didn't have to go through the experience of losing something so meaningful!   Even more than the material cost of the rings, it is the sentimental value that makes them so special.

The Indian woman's happiness was reward enough for me!