A trip through a big box store is a sure way to question your life choices and the future of humanity.
They were paving the parking lot so half of it was closed and people were even more temperamental than normal. For some reason, people kept driving the wrong way in the parking lot – up the down staircase, so to speak, causing traffic to back up even more than was necessary.
It was hot. People seemed impatient. I was tired and in no mood for anyone’s nonsense.
And then I saw it – an elderly man who seemed to be struggling to walk, pushing one of the store’s motorized scooters up the parking lot to a cart rack several spaces away. Evidently, the battery had died.
He didn’t seem to be in any condition to walk very far, much less to push that scooter in the heat. I suspect he couldn’t get a handicapped space and was left with whatever parking he could find.
I felt bad for him but, before I could completely process what was happening, something fabulous occurred.
From nowhere there came another man, young and strong, who helped push that scooter the remainder of the way and then escort the older man back to his car.
Friends, let me tell you, I wasn’t having a great day.
But in that moment, my faith in humanity was restored – at least a little bit. I hope the younger guy knows what it meant to some of us to see him helping another human in need.
It meant the world to know that maybe things aren’t as bad as they seem.
Good to hear stories like that. I’m seeing more of this kind of thing, you know. Suspect it’s because real people are fed-up to the gills with politics, “influencers,” entertainers, and sports personalities. For a period, I shied away from helping others for some “entitled” peoples’ reactions and sadly, fearful reactions from those I offered to help. I’m getting over it. It feels good.
It does feel good! I saw another instance today that made my heart happy. We have to keep doing what we know is right despite all those other voices out there.