In Quest of Her

Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.

You ever been standing in line behind someone and their card declines or they stand there searching through their purse of wallet for a little too long and you can see they panic set in their face? Yea, well that’s me. I don’t carry purses but I have an over the shoulder wallet that I use or an actual backpack and it’s never organized. I panic every time it’s my turn to pay. I stand there searching through my purse looking for a card to use but it’s barely anything on any of them. At this point I’m swiping with my fingers crossed.

That’s my life now. I should be ashamed but I’m not. Shame is useless in this case. Feeling ashamed would suggest my worth has dropped because of it and I am not my circumstances However, I do take accountability.

BUT there was a time when I had more than enough. And my favorite thing to do was randomly help strangers any chance I got. No real reason why other than it felt like something I was supposed to do, not like in an obligatory way but in a this is what feels right to my spirit kind of way. I don’t think about money being this thing I hold onto, I think of it as a tool to help people. So a lot of the times I used it for that.

Once, I stood in the self checkout line behind what seemed to be a father and daughter. I didn’t analyze them too much and I didn’t make any assumptions about their situation. I simply asked if they would allow me to pay for the items, they looked at me in confusion and after some hesitancy and my insistence the father agreed. I paid for their items and went about my day.

Now, if you’re wondering if my instinct to help random strangers has caused the financial dumpster fire I’m in, it’s not lol.

Life happens you know.