With all the difficult news we hear in the news – hearing a story about how ordinary people do extraordinary things to help someone in need is a reprieve.
Today, I was listening to National Public Radio as I was making dinner. A story made me stop what I was doing and listen. The story is about a man who started going to a local pharmacy and giving the person at the counter a folded $100.00 bill to help a few people who could not pay for their medications. He said he wanted to help others and thanked the staff member for helping him give back to a few people.
He wanted to do this anonymously and made the girl promise she would do this for him. The staff member told a few others who covered the front desk, and they each found they could help several people with the money to get their prescriptions or an item needed, but found they were short on cash. ‘
People wanted to know who to thank, but they said the person wanted to remain anonymous.
These donations went on for a year till the man died. His family was shocked when they learned what their father did and had set up a trust so that the donations would continue after his death.
It made me think how many other people do little things out of the good of their hearts to help another person in need, and who wants nothing in return?
This story made my day, gave me hope in humanity, and made me realize that most people are good. Here is the link to hear the story on NPR. https://www.wlrn.org/2023-01-23/an-alabama-farmer-secretly-helped-strangers-pay-their-pharmacy-bills (pass it on)
If you have a story you would like to share about doing a good deed for your fellow man- email me at allewellyn48@gmail.com, and I will share it in a future blog post!
Have a good week.
Thanks, Anne,
I listened to the same story and it brought tears to my eyes. Good folks do good things all the time. I am a volunteer with our local historical museum and we have a volunteer who started making ceramic frogs to sell to benefit the museum. He began this project 7 years ago. He also left small frogs in the nearby frogs for small children to collect. To date, the sell of his frogs has earned our museum close to $130,000. He accepts no money for supplies and has become a legend in our community.
It’s nice to see acts of Kindness for a change. We need more of it
Did u see 60 minutes this past Sunday. They did a segment on what makes a hero?
They discovered that people who are caring have more amygdala where altruism is in the brain. Psychopaths have very little if any.
Interesting
Anne,
So wonderful you took the time to share this with others. I too heard this on NPR driving home from work. Tears of joy and ear-to-ear smile reflecting on this gentleman’s caring & kindness of others, made my day.
I plan to add a Great Acts Are Made of Small Deeds to our newsletter. Always a joy to reflect the positive.
Thanks for your thoughtfulness.
That is interesting, Jeff. Now we know why some people might be psychopaths despite “normal” upbringing and loving parents.
What a beautiful story and gives me hope for humanity. It would be nice if news reported more kind acts instead of all the violent ones. We went last night to a one act play at a friends condominium to enhance awareness of mental illness and acceptance of individuals with aspergers, bipolar etc. There wasn’t a dry eye in the audience. The one man show has multiple conditions and his father started this to help his son. It will open in May at FST theatre in Sarasota. There are so many people doing wonderful things.
Paying it forward is an expression I have heard many times. How nice that the family continued their father’s tradition…They were fortunate to inherit their father’s generous/compassionate nature!