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Old 11-01-2010, 10:07 PM   #12
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I think random acts of kindness are just that, kindness at random. Me, I do them all the time.
I have often stopped when someone has had a flat tire on the road, changed it for them, and been on my merry way, always refusing to take any kind of payment, and just asking them the next time there is someone in need, to think about helping that person and pay it forward, and saying it with a smile.
I have even stopped and fixed a few cars for folks on the road before, while cars were buzzing down the highway, and got them back up and running, and still not taken a dime for anything I have done.
I am careful doing this, I usually only stop if I feel it's safe to do so. In fact, just a couple weeks ago, and elderly man and his wife, were stopped on the highway in between towns, I had seen drag marks along the road and saw a boat up ahead pulled off the shoulder and leaning off to one side. I pulled up to see this elderly man trying to change the tire as he had lost the rim and broken the lug bolts off the trailer. I offered him assistance, and in return, he gave me the boat for free. He had just bought it for 50.00 in Dallas, and was taking it home to restore it and get a title to it. I took him up on his offre, then called one of my cousins and her husband and told them I had their fishing boat........... when they met me off the highway to come and see it, they jumped for joy cause the boat didn't need hardly any work done to it physically, it was in pretty good shape, but we needed to do some motor work to get it up and running. they just couldn't believe someone just gave me the boat and I was passing it on to them. they are now in the process of doing a title search so they can get a new title to the boat in their name.
Just yesterday, i was in town leaving the convenience store, and an elderly woman was pulled off the highway shoulder with a flat tire. I stopped and asked if she needed help, she blessed me for stopping, I took off the blown tire with my 4 way cause she didn't have a tire tool, and waited for her daughter to come and help her get a new tire as she had no spare. Her grandson showed up after that and said he could put it back on that he had a 4 way too. I told her I was glad her family showed up and I was going to go on about my day. She smiled and said thank you for stopping to help me.

I could care less if anyone paid me for any thing I have helped them do out of the goodness of my heart like this. I don't do it for money, I do it because it's my way of helping someone else in need, and my way of making someone have a better day even if that's the only thing they do is just smile that one time that day and know that someone cared enough to stop and help them.
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