The kindness of strangers

My husband is a huge gamer. Huge! That's pretty much all he does when I don't drag him out of the house. For Christmas, I was either going to get him a new cell phone or a new PC monitor. He really needed both, but together was out of our price range we set for each other.

However, someone made the decision for me. A stranger. My husband has been playing games online with him for a couple years, but he has never actually met the guy. There's a side forum for one of the games he plays, and he was complaining about needing a new monitor (his was from the 90's).

While I think my husband is an idiot for giving out personal information (our address), something good came from it. One of the guys just up and sent him a flat screen monitor. Steve thanked him profusely and asked him how he could repay him. The guy's answer was to simply do something nice for someone else someday.

Another thing occurred while I was at work today. I had a couple girls (about 11) who didn't know how much money they had, but really wanted to get a calendar for someone. After I told them how much it would be with tax, they went over to a bench and counted out that exact amount and got in line. The lady in front of them was watching and listening to them, bought her calendars and added on two of our chocolate truffles. I thought they were for her and her son, but after she paid she handed each of the girls one. The girls were so excited and thanked her. I thought it was really sweet of her. She said her nieces live in Texas and she never gets to see them, so she bought candy for these random girls.

The kindness of strangers... It's really fantastic!