Have You Ever Met a Living Angel?
Sometimes when you are at your lowest moment, someone shows you an unexpected kindness and it gives you hope. I like to think of these people as living angels.
I like to think that I have found a few living angels here on Steemit, as I found a community (and some awesome friends) when I was at one of the lowest and loneliest times of my life.
A little while ago I conducted an anonymous survey on Mturk asking about the kindnesses that people remembered the most and I’m going to share some of the most powerful ones because sometimes we all need a mental hug and these stories are heartwarming. (I have made up the names and rewritten them, but all are based on true stories).
The Good Neighbour
After her divorce, Kathy felt completely alone, as her finances suffered as well as her emotions. She thought it would be obvious to her friends and family that she needed support, but she didn't get any help from that direction.
However, a dear elderly neighbor was very kind to her. She didn't pity her. She didn't act like she was pathetic, but instead, she would make delicious dinners and bring them over. Kathy knew this lady understood her situation, even though she didn't verbally say so.
The elderly lady didn't want to make Kathy feel any worse, as she simply wanted to show kindness without expecting anything in return.
Although this kindness was about 10 years ago, Kathy remembers it as if it were yesterday.
The Kindly Cousin
Calum was sharing a car with his mom and there had be to be a lot of planning, so that both of them could get to their jobs, with his mom often taking a nap in the car, because she would get to her job a few hours early.
Calum’s cousin became aware of the situation and she called Calum up and gave him her own car, as she wasn’t using it,
Calum and his mom were so grateful that she chose not to sell her car, but give it to them instead as it meant that mon was a lot less tired and there was no longer the stress of coordinating their schedules.
A Warm Heart
Mobo went on a training trip to Romania where the temperature then was about minus 10 degrees Celsius in contrast to the 28 degrees Celsius in Nigeria from where he came from
Mobo armed himself with what he thought was warm clothing, but the clothing was actually terribly inadequate for the cold he was about to encounter.
The Romanian representative of the company who came to collect Mobo at the airport saw the inadequacy of his 'warm clothing', and promised Mobo there and then to get him something warm enough for his trip.
This Romanian went out of his way to fulfill this promise and when he came to pick Mobo from the hotel the following morning, he had some items of suitable warm clothing for Mobo.
An Unexpected Solution
On her way home after a long day at work, Jenny remembered that she needed to stop by the mall to pick up a present.
It was late and all the stores were closed or about to.
She sat on a bench and realized that not only would she not be able to buy a gift, but she had forgotten to eat the entire day and as a diabetic, this was a poor decision.
She reached into her bag to find some money to use in the vending machine and quickly found out that she’d left her wallet in the car.
As the world was beginning to spin, she started to perspire and shake from low blood sugar. Still, she could only focus on the small gift she failed to buy, so she stood up.
Just then, a woman with dark long hair approached Jenny. Jenny did not know her and the woman said nothing, she just smiled and handed Jenny a bag.
Jenny took the bag and the woman smiled and began to walk away, but not before saying, "Take care."
When the woman had walked away and was out of sight, Jenny looked into the bag.
‘Incredible!’ She thought as she pulled out a wrapped sandwich, cookies, chips, a drink and a mint.
Even more incredible was what she found under the food. It was a gift box.
Jenny opened it to find the most beautifully ornate Italian imported Glow Candle. She fell back onto the bench and wept.
Something kind of nice happened that day she will never forget it.
I hope you enjoyed these tales of living angels. Have you ever met a living angel?
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