Unbelievable generosity

Seabreeze

Maywalk.
What a lovely story. How clever of you to put it into poetry.

Many thanks SeaBreeze. I believe it helped bring the four chaps, who had won the money, down to earth and it was uncanny how quiet the inn became as the war veteran related his view on life after the uncalled for remark was said to him.
A moment that I have never forgotten.

What a lovely thread. These stories have brightened my day. Thank you.

A colleague's son was diagnosed with leukemia and cancer as a child. She and her husband obviously wanted to be with him as he was very unwell but they didn't have any money coming in. Our entire school staff put what we could afford into an envelope once a month. There was no pressure to give as it was confidential, however it helped out a family who were struggling with the diagnosis and the loss of income. We did this for months. The boy recovered and grew up healthy.

My sister-in-law and I went out for the day and stopped for lunch a lovely little cafe. When we asked for the bill the waitress told us that the man at the next table had paid for it before he left. We were astounded! What a kind gesture. I have never forgotten it and when I can I try to pay it forward in small ways.

My son arrived in Japan last week and was looking a bit lost as he looked for a bus to his hotel. A Japanese couple approached him saying they had hired a car and wanted to give him a lift, which was quite a distance away. They shared their snacks too. Such kindness. Another incident happened (he is still on holiday); he witnessed an accident, where a biker collided with a car. As he is a clinical support, he is trained in CPR. He took charge of the situation, clearing the crowd trying to move the injured man and told them not to move him whilst he then carried out CPR, following which the man recovered and then taken to hospital by ambulance. Restores faith in humanity.

I post on a football forum, and they have a great record of fundraising for specific things. They recently started a ‘no questions asked’ fund for posters struggling with the cost of living, and it’s really amazing reading the messages from people who have been helped. The message when the fund was started was that they were willing to take the chance that some people may abuse it, as they didn’t want genuine folk to miss out.

Relatively minor, and it was well over 20 years ago, but I still remember the astonished face of the man with a collecting tin for a major charity for the blind, outside the Tesco’s where I’d just taken my mother - when she put a £10 note in the tin. She’d always had a particular sympathy for the blind.