Random Act of Kindness

[davedove]

Yeah, I've been the contributor to a random act of kindness...

On my way home one evening, I heard a car blow a tire. A young, attractive woman got out and asked if she could borrow my cellphone to call the auto club. Instead, after telling her to carefully move the car to a quieter side-street, I changed her tire for her. She was so grateful that she gave me her business card and said she'd buy me a drink.

She stood me up.

Nowadays, I think twice before I do a favour for someone. I still do nice things on occasion (e.g. give way to another driver who is obviously in a hurry, or hold the door open for the elderly), but I won't go out of my way as often as I used to.

cheers
Hachiman

I'm sorry you had that discouraging experience. But do try to remember, we don't do these things for other people, we do them for ourselves. If you perform acts of kindness so that others will appreciate you, you're doing them for the wrong reason, because people will disappoint you so many times.

A line from a Garth Brooks song:

I do these things not to change the world; I do them so the world will not change me.