For context I am in my early 40s.
When I was 18ish, I was running for a bus. I missed it by the most narrow of margins. (Also, the bus driver was kind of a dick for not sticking around when it was pretty obvious… regardless…)
As it just so happened, there was a taxi a couple cars behind that bus that saw me running for it and it driving away.
That taxi driver waved me in with nary a word, drove me a stop or two in front of the bus, and without charging me, dropped me off so I could catch the bus. (To be clear this was in an area where the bus route was LONG and the taxi driver obviously knew it’d be an hour or so before the next one.)
Ever since that day, for over two decades now, that random act of kindness has stuck in my mind. We literally never said a word beyond my panicked “THANKS” as I ran out at the end. No names, nothing, just wild gesticulations and gratitude.
Love to hear some more.
I sadly cannot offer any of such stories, it never happened to me (maybe due to my resting bitch face syndrom. My wife regularly has such moments)
But I try to do these things most of the time. Like just taking strangers in the rain for a ride or giving icecream to delivery-guys in the summer or such things that seem silly to many.
Be the change you want to see in this world. And pay the kindness you received forward!