can you share some stories about how a complete stranger or a person you know was very kind to you?
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My sister and I and my 11month old at the time were perfoming Hajj in Saudia Arabia and got lost in Mina a huge area where there are millions of people and a even bigger langue barrier You could imagine how afraid I was that we would never make it back to our tent area ,We where told if we got lost to show our bracelets to an officer but they failed to mention most of them didnt know how to read properly after 8 hours of wandering from tent to tent ,each of which represent differnet countries and no one who would help us a small very husky framed man from Sierra Leone came to our rescue,he spoke English,Arabic,and his contrymans laungue,he took my daughter and held her and to my suprise she was calm and quiet .My arms where so tierd so I let this complete stranger hold her I felt no fear and followed him as he spoke to my daughter about us visiting his country one day when the war there is finally over in two hours he got us back to our tent safely and disappeared just and quickly as he appeared till this day I think about that man especially when I read or hear about the atrocities going on in the countries of West Africa.
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The compliment that I received was not given to me with words.  Last Christmas, one of my students who was being raised in poverty (to no fault of the family members, just circumstances), walked up to my desk and handed me a white pen.  It was covered with fingerprints and some dirt.  With a big smile on her gorgeous face, this 5-yr-old said, Merry Christmas, Miss. D......!  I just had to get you a present."  It is the best compliment that I have ever received, and I will never forget her!  Every time I tell someone about this, I tear up.
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When I recently finished my contract at work, one of my dearest colleagues wished me well, and we promised to stay in touch, but the nicest thing she did was she sent me an email telling me how much she loved and respected me as a person, and how much she enjoyed hearing about my faith...(I always like to use humour when I share the Gospel), and as I was leaving my desk for the last time, she hugged me and had tears in her eyes and said she'd like to come visit my church sometime. That was like winning the lottery to me, that she saw me, not as perfect, but as sincere and unfailing in my beliefs!
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You have a rare gift & I hope you have the help & support of others in your life.  These children are the true essence of what love & trust should be for all humans.  They are by far, the best judge of character of any humans I have encountered in my 53 years on this planet!  I helped raise a neighbors son for 5 years, until he turned 10 & she put him in an institution because the state agencies recomended it in the 1960's.  Everything he learned was discouraged, and he was reduced to a slobering imbecile.  When I would go on visits, he remembered that I had never mistreated him, and this made the nurses so upset they restricted his visits to his mother only.  His older brother and I treated him as any other child and he responded to us in a way that was frowned upon and not acceptable in that era.  We moved and lost contact with this family and I do not know what ever became of my friend.  They said he could never hold a spoon or feed himself, or dress himself.  They were wrong!  He just learned differently, and it took a lot of time and patience, as well as routine and repitition.  But most of all, it took lots of cleaning up and thinking up new ways to go about the things most "normal" people take for granted.  MOST IMPORTANT IS KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF!(no hitting) One act of anger can take months, or years to heal on their part.  These are extremely sensitive beings and can be the first one to alert you to another persons (or animals) ill intentions.  They have the ability to judge character and intent on an immediate need basis without regard to another persons feelings.  They are stubborn beyond belief because they have to be to survive. They are extremely loving individuals and have memories for people, places and things that are astounding.  Once I was grocery shopping and a group was on an outing, and as I walked past the group, an adult suddenly held out her arms and rushed towards me as if we were old friends or close family! I figured it was ok to respond in the same manner, and the group leader almost had a cardiac arrest in the aisle.  She later told me that I looked a lot like the girls aunt and apoligized and thanked me for being so understanding.  She was concerned that I might file a lawsuit and it was then that I realized just how little some things had changed, and how much others had!  I would choose to be hugged by a person who has no hidden agenda, rather than the person who does.  You are not alone & I wish you all the best in life.
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All the time....the guy who showed up with a gas can when I ran out of fuel on a road trip.... Whoever it was that paid my tab behind my back at a truck stop when I was driving home for a funeral... The little girl who walked up to me and gave me a huge hug then said "You looked alone, and my mommy says hugs fix that"...yeah, I've seen angels.
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A lot of people have done nice things for me, but I'd have to say the nicest thing anyone ever did was encourage my dreams.  I had a friend who always stood behind me, and never made me feel stupid.  She encouraged every dream I ever had.
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I had my car stuck in a ditch. Thia guy in a white Jeep pulled up and got out. He had a white T-shirt and white shorts on. He was a stocky muscular guy with thick shaggy dark blond hair and a thick beard. He took a thick white rope out of his Jeep with a huge silver hook on the end and hooked it to my bumper and pulled my car out of the ditch  ALL WITHOUT SAYING ONE WORD. I thought at the time he was an angel and was looking at him hard and I remember his eyes staring back at me. I wrote down his license plate number since at the time I had a way of finding out the name and address of anyone's license plate. Then he jumped back in the Jeep and was gone. I thought later about checking on that license plate to see who it belonged to and decided that I wouldn't.\nThe whole thing was so odd and especialy the way he didn't SAY anything. I have heard of other people who feel they have met angels and they didn't say anything either.
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I've been told I am a great listener and advise giver. Also, I am very generous and if someone needs help, I'm there for them.
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i think you are all beautiful and very kind, used to live in the USA about 20 years ago and my husband and i used to go into your compounds and we were treated with nothing but kindness, hope it is still this way!!!!!!!!
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UR THE NICEST PERSON IVE EVER MET
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It is just amazing what a lovely story... you are too kind to share such a gift.
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well honey sometimes that happens but u know you did a good thing and that is all that matters but i will say thank you from both of them\n\n\nTHANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes. I try to imagine the giver taking the time and energy to select a gift just for me. It takes a special amount of focus and care to select and gift and I feel very blessed that someone has given me the gift of their attention as well as whatever they have given me. For me to send a sincere thank you note is just a simple way that I can show them how much I appreciate what they have done.
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Thanks You know  life is good when a complete stranger makes your day.
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Thank you!That's very nice of you! I just had a bit of a tiff with someone who's important to me and I really needed that.Thanks for being awesome!
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I have taken a complete homeless stranger to breakfast, coffee, and conversation...That was five years ago. We still talk, he is no longer homeless, and he is not a stranger anymore...he has become one of my closests friends:)  It is unique for me because normally I am a stand-offish kind of person.
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I shared with a woman a lady and her child that was staying in my home that was homeless and the woman I shared with knew that I had a small home and that being a stroke victim this was bound to be difficult, especially since the homeless ladies child was very ill with a fever, so she made arrangements and paid for the homeless lady and her child to stay in a motel until they could get into an apartment the first of June.  When I thanked her for her kindness, she said it was to be told to no one.  She wasn't often aware of others needs, and she felt like she had not only helped me, but she had helped this other situation as well.  That's an underrated act of kindness!