Stories of Kindness from Around the World

A Tank Of Gas


--by Maumauc, posted Jun 4, 2008

Many years ago a kind farmer bought  a tank of gas for a stranded mom with 2 children.  He wouldnt accept any money and just smiled, waved and said pass it on to someone else. 

And so a few weeks ago as my husband and I were filling up our car with a coupon for 99 cents a gallon, I went in to pay and got into a long line.  I could see up ahead a young man who was having some kind of problem and realized he had misunderstood the coupon and thought it was 99 cents to fill his small truck.  Everyone was saying, "99 cents a gallon is unbelieveable - they cant give the gas away."  He was embarressed and was just calling his wife when I got to the counter.  He said to his wife, "Just come down cuz I dont have that much on me."  I asked the cashier how much his was, and she told me.  I motioned for her to put it on my credit card and tapped the man on the arm and told him to tell her it was okay, he was covered.  He nodded turned back to the phone, then stopped and looked at me.  "What?"  I told him again, and I was so amazed to see everyone stop what they were doing to watch as if I had just grown another head.  When he asked how he could get the money to me, I just said to pass it on to someone else in need! 

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Readers Comments

johnnidi wrote: haha, "neat" indeed
Kelsh wrote: Do something good for someone and you'll get something back!! God works in miraculous ways! Mic
myfbil wrote: You are an angel. I'm sure he will never forget and will pay it forward, as you requested. Bless you! Have a sunshine day! :)
shashi wrote: This is the philosophy I alwyas belived, we are ever in debt of help we should be keep helping others to pay back the dept
clarity wrote: Good on you!

As Bapuji said: "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
adriospina wrote: Great story ! i have a smiliar one when i was little but i was the one that was helped ina way , My mother and I where passing by a toystore when when i was little i asked to get inside to see the toys , but she told me we had no money . So we went in and we stayed for while , there was this big toy i liked, and i left it where it was when we going out , a stranger had noticed how much i liked it and heard my mom said we had no money. And he just bought it for me ! i still remember that day makes me very happy and very grateful.
harleyrob wrote: It is amazing that people are so shocked by RAOK....You get a large extra star for Christmas...HR
pamela randle wrote: way t go! such a nice person you are. pam randle
aurelia wrote: I bet he was bitten by the "kindness bug" now! Thank you for being the earth angel that you are. The kindness now continues full speed ahead!
~Aurelia
Ynco wrote: This is what the movie "Pay it forward" is all about and you practice it, thank yoou for your inspiration, now it's upto me.

Love, Ynco

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