People Who Made The World a Bit Better

It’s often said that true heroes don’t wear capes—they’re just ordinary people doing good without expecting anything in return. A hero can be anyone: a neighbor, a boss, a cashier at the store, or even you.

Story 1:
A few years ago, my husband wakes me up early in the morning and asks me where my passport is. I say, “In my bag!” And he snidely says, “Where’s your bag?”
It turns out that yesterday I wandered around a construction hypermarket and left it there while I was looking at something. The bag was found, they took out my passport, started to check on the database, whether I have a loyalty card of their shop. There was no card. They started to look if my husband had a card (they found his name in the passport).
In general, the kind people didn’t just leave it, but found me, and I was totally unaware and was sleeping peacefully. I ran to the shop, they gave me the bag, and there were a lot of things I needed — documents, money…
The security guard, a good man with a sense of humor, laughed, saying that things happen. He didn’t take the money I offered to him. There are a lot of good people out there, they just don’t flaunt their kindness.

Story 2:
I was giving away clothes for a girl of 2–3 years old. A woman texted me, saying she has a difficult situation, her daughter has nothing to wear, could I send her these clothes by post? I first wanted to tell her to go take a hike, but then I thought, “Who knows what really happened there?” So I sent them all at my own expense.
A year later, I got a package. There were nuts, dried fish, homemade marmalade and other goodies. It was sent by that same woman. It turns out that her black streak was over, her husband got a good job, and she decided to thank everyone who helped them in a difficult moment. It was very unexpected and nice.

Story 3:
My boss is strict, she never smiles. Once I was walking to work and found a kitten at the bus stop. I couldn’t just leave it, so put the little one under the jacket and took it to work. The boss saw the kitten, which I tried to hide in a box, and transformed literally in a second: a wide smile and so much tenderness in the eyes that I didn’t expect to see.
She took the kitty in her arms, poured it cream, which she adds to her coffee. And after asking if it was mine, she said that she would adopt the baby. She immediately ordered a bag of cat food, a litter tray and a bowl to the office. I think the kitten will live in paradise now. And it’s nice to find out that this robot-like lady is actually kind-hearted.

Story 4:
I changed a lady’s tire on the side of the road. She didn’t think I’d be able to do it (female) but her husband was an hour away. She offered me $50 when it was done, I denied and just said pay it forward.
She cried, so I hugged her and told her to drive safe. It felt good. Prior to that, I was having such a bad day. After that, I felt so much better.

You’ve just read, People Who Made The World a Bit Better.