of things simple

[cynicalyorick]

On the bus, a man paused before me to smile, before going to find his place to sit. There was no reason for him to do this, no prerequisit of friendliness to myself in order to gain allowance of seat. And yet, of all people, he smiled at me. It was unobtrusive, non-suggestive, and unmerited (at least in any way I could fathom

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[tomtherat]

One time, I was living in Verdun and had no money. So Christmas rolls around, and because of lack of work at Sierra I have even less money, so I have dick-fuck-all money for Christmas presents. You may know what the Christmas doldrums are like. Anyway, my mom and I work out this agreement: I do a random act of kindness once a week every week for a year, and tell her every week what that act was, and thats my gift to her.

It was good.

[iangurudata]

Watch the movie "Pay it Forward".
It's the ideal I work off of, but never ask of people.
Or maybe he just knew that you were my Superman this week.
;)