Random Acts of Kindness; what goes around, comes around!

A little story about just how quickly a 'random act of kindness' can find its way right back where it started...
Sometimes, whether we did something silly or something unexpected popped up, we run out of checking account a few days before we run out of month. It's no big deal, and is generally easy to live with. Such is the case, this month, lol - but yesterday, we received a pleasant surprise in a Christmas card, so we went (after thanking our 'gifter'!), we went to the grocery store today, to grab a few things and, we put a couple more things in the cart than we should have, because each of us thought the other was keeping track, lol. So, when we got to the register, and were chatting with the clerk, who is also an old friend, I said, "oops! Don't ring that one up" - but, when John went to put one of his things back, I said, "no - we're good with your English muffins, just putting that cream back". Our lovely friend told us that it happens to everyone, and said, "I feel it! I'm stuck between getting a poinsettia I really like and paying the light bill". We all got a chuckle out of it. As soon as we were done, John told me to wait a minute - then he took off to the poinsettias, and bought them for her (I didn't even know he had anything in his pocket, lol), and she cried. When I saw what he'd done, I was so happy, and hugged him, as we were leaving. Ok, I was also trying to pull myself up from where I'd been sitting, just a little too close to the floor.🤣 But, it makes me very happy when my sweet-hearted man does something like that!

We left the store, and halfway to the car, the gentleman who had been in line behind us came running out, telling us to "wait - don't forget your cream! I saw what you did." We were both stunned, but smiled and thanked him, very gratefully. We all wished each other a Merry Christmas, grinning from ear to ear, then went our separate ways, with me nearly in tears at the kindness of a total stranger, and John not far behind, his voice husky as he said, "I love this town!" I happen to whole-heartedly agree.

That's a lovely story Carla! Isn't this how the world should work? If only everyone practiced being nice to other people as a matter of course, rather than as the exception.

Liked this story!  Occasionally at a coffee shop I stop at in town, I'll sidle up for my order and pull out the wallet only to have the barista say..."It was paid for by the previous customer...." !!  I began to catch on after a while that the coffee shop likes to see how many customers will go through that line with the previous customer paying for the next.  Interesting....and rather uplifting!

There's a burger shop in town with a metal hook by the register, with a bunch of tags hanging from it. Each tag pictures one of their many burgers, complete with chips and a drink. If you want, you can purchase a tag (for the cost of the pictured meal), and hang it on the bulletin board by the door. Then, when someone comes in who is in need of a hot meal, but has no money, they can choose a tag to redeem. We've seldom gone in, that there were less than half the tags hanging on the bulletin board (which is placed there so that if anyone is embarrassed, they can peek in, and not have to ask in any are available).
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Lynn’s in Philadelphia Mississippi.  It may no longer exist.  It was off the town square. It was a self serve restaurant.  By the door was a bucket. You dropped your money in and made your own change.  Oh yes, hanging on the wall was a receipt book and a pen ….in case a customer needed a receipt.