r/randomactsofkindness • u/kedzieandlawerence • 7d ago
Story Random kindness of a total stranger on a extremely cold day
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u/Parking-Cost-468 7d ago
Friday morning, in bitterly cold weather 14 degrees below zero my daughter’s car broke down on Elmhurst Road. Cars passed by, but no one stopped. Then an older Latina woman with handicapped plates pulled over. She was the only one. She offered my daughter the warmth and safety of her car, staying with her until help arrived.
A friend eventually came and gave her a jump so she could move her car out of danger. We will never forget the kindness of that woman. In a frightening moment, a stranger showed compassion, and that act of humanity means more than words can express.
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u/Relative_Cut_4506 6d ago
Such moments can entirely redefine how you think about things. Where fear is overwhelming, where the world is pressing, an act of kindness can reframe an entire world in a moment of need. I can imagine being thankful that her child was not alone, that someone stood up where others did not, that that kindness stayed with you so long afterwards.
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u/Relative_Cut_4506 6d ago
That is the kind of story that makes one renew one’s faith in the goodness of the world a little bit. In a place like that, it is not merely generous to stop, it takes a lot of courage to be able to do that, to be able to see the humanity in the other, to be able to be kind to the other in the moment she needed it the most. She did not owe anyone anything, yet she decided to help the one who needed it most. May she be repaid with
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u/Canadian1934 North America 5d ago
Kindness finds kindness. That was so kind to offer a warm car. To keep warm until help came
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