The Kindness of Strangers

I know that humans truly are kind-hearted. However, daily we are confronted more with those lacking kindness than displaying it.

Tuesday morning I needed to bag up Dave's last pile of leaves. He had run out of bags after filling at least 8 bags Saturday when he raked the yard. I bought some bags and wanted to get these bagged up and by the curb for the garbage men to take away. I had one bag filled and began working on the second when I heard the brakes of the garbage truck on the adjacent cul-de-sac. "Man, if only I had gotten out here 15 minutes earlier, I would be finished and get these bags gone," I thought as I raked up leaves and stuffed them into the bags. I continued working as the truck pulled onto our street, dodged the construction vehicles, and went down the cul-de-sac. I looked up to see one of the garbage men approaching me wanting to know if he could take the bag that was filled up. I declined his offer since I didn't have it tied, but I was touched by his kindness and thought, my leaves might have missed the garbage truck today, but this man's kindness was right on time.