A brief post today because it’s my sister’s wedding day (more tomorrow in a special Sunday Collection).
Last night after posting a link to Jen Lemen’s ‘awesome’ post I remembered something I saw a few years back that really touched me.
I was on a train (I seem to spend half my life on the things!) sitting behind a young woman having an emotional conversation on her mobile phone. I couldn’t hear everything she said but it sounded as if she was going to be away from her loved one for a time and the parting was a wrench.
She finished the conversation and cried quietly for just a few moments. Not absolutely devastated but clearly miserable.
I was vaguely aware of a middle-aged man sitting nearby, a couple of seats away from her and diagonally opposite, facing her. He got up at this point and walked off down the aisle.
After a few minutes he came back, turned to her with a look of great kindness and a twinkle in his eye and handed her what he had bought, saying “You sound like someone who needs a big bar of chocolate. Here you are.” Then he just sat back down in his seat and disappeared behind his paper for the rest of the journey.
It was magic!
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When I hear stories like this, or witness them, I am reminded that there is hope for us as a species. We CAN be kind and gentle, even to strangers.
Thanks for sharing.