Yesterday, I was walking to work from about a mile away, in the rain, when a soldier stopped his vehicle and asked me if I needed a ride. It surprised me at first, as no one here is usually that nice. So I got in, and he took me as far as he could. While I was in the truck, he and I talked a little about the weather, and I noticed he spoke with an accent, so when he dropped me off, I said "Thank you" in German. He replied back in German, and Spanish, so I said again my thank you's in Spanish. Still, I figured out he wasn't German by the way he responded, so as he started to drive away, I said, "Da-svi-da-niya," which means goodbye in Russian. He stopped the car, and was excited that I spoke Russian. He waved, and said, "Vy gavareeteh pa ru-sky?" Which I know means, "Do you speak Russian?" I smiled and waved as he drove away.
That's all it took to make two people's days.
1. He gave me a ride in the rain.
2. I spoke his naitive language (if even only a word or two).
Here's your challenge: Make someone's day today. Do something nice for a complete stranger, with no expectations on getting anything in return. I doubt the Russian Soldier thought I knew a little Russian, so he expected nothing back from his kind gesture of a ride out of the rain.
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4 comments:
i made someones day today. i was taking a shower after pt and a woman came in to take a shower and forgot to bring her shower shoes. so i let her borrow mine. she smiled so big and happy. i made her day just by letting he stand in flip flops and not on a shower floor.
That's Great!
It's the little things like that, performing needless acts of kindness, that can turn someone's day around and have them singing instead of shouting.
ULI
Son, they are call random acts of kindness. I did one too, help a lady carry in her laundry at the washerteria. Remember the black dye? Well I followed that with a load of Clorox, which spilled out onto the floor over night without my notice. Two loads later I felt wet floor and now must go the afore mentioned place for a couple of weeks. Not to worry the LHS&L is not underwriting this one it was aready in the summer budget.
RAKs are always cool! they touch you just as much as the person you perform them for.
keep on smilin' :)
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