Karma...pay it forward.

[getrdone52]

Karma huh? Next time I see someone broken down on the side of the road I'm gunna help them!

Oh, and if you don't want that big ugly bumper, I'd be happy to take it from you

 

[straycat]

Wow, great story! And better than my story about my battery being dead yesterday.
So is this story really real? I'm sure it is or you wouldn't post it, but it's the kind of story that restores my faith in humanity... so I want to be sure.
And kudos on your kindness.

Yes, this really happened and I think my angel was there to make sure that somebody in need got something. We could also afford to give the lady the money even if I did not fine $150 in the pants pocket. I have 2 pensions and my wife is a school teacher. I give to my community as a volunteer and I help get animals adopted as well at our animal shelters. I sometime use my own income to help with adoptions to make sure food and vaccines are provided for the animals in the shelters.

 

[straycat]

Yeah, great story...here's mine...lol

I was taking my nephew into town (long story but he is blind and I was his caregiver)...I saw someone on the side of the road obviously having car trouble...for some reason I decided to pull over (not something I usually do with my nephew in the car because he was also brain damaged and sometimes a pita with people)...

Anyway, I spoke with the guy and offered him a ride into town so he could get a CAA membership and have his vehicle towed...when he got in my vehicle my nephew started a conversation...then he recognized the guy...

The guy turned out to be a very important person in my nephew's life...he was his sponsor for AA that finally got him to quit drinking and get his act together...

I was blown away by the fact that I was compelled to stop and when I think about it I just say "The greatest is Love, God is Love, God is the greatest"...

It felt really good to be able to do that guy a small favour...

Wow, that is wild!!! What a story!! People sometimes don't believe me about Karma and Pay It Forward until they experience it in a true story or it happens to them. Then they come to me and say 'Stray..you as usual are incredible...I really now believe what you have been saying for so many years....thank you'. That always makes me fell good that somebody else gets to experience it....lol

 

[straycat]

Yah, when I was being treated for breast cancer, I learned that helping folks is the best medicine. Just committing one random act of kindness, makes the world a better place. And, that there are some really decent people. I goofed on the whole thing. I think there is something ironic about a guy getting breast cancer. Also, I saw people who were terminal and that was humbling.

Man, I am so glad you are ok. Men do get this. My little sister had it back in 2005. I was there every chemo treatment she had. I held her hand and told her my angel was there and he will watch over her and she will pull through. She really picked up after I told her that. I shaved my head for her. She laughed so hard and her spirits were so bright. She made it and she has been cancer free still. I play guitar and piano and I wright my own songs and poetry. I read her one of my poems that has a quote: 'There's a reason for the world...you and I'. The one day in May of 2006 we heard a song by Five for Fighting...the Riddle and that part of one of my poems was in it...so eerie, Bro. That song was not released until May 2006, a year after my sister had the breast cancer.

 

[statley chubs]

Ok, long story....Well, this is weird...I just got home from Walmart. I ran in there to buy cat food, and food for my backyard wildlife get a pair of jeans and a few yard shirts. I buy this pair of Wrangler jeans and they say 34x32 on the removable sticky label. That is the waist I wear and the length is perfect for me since I don't like really long pants legs when I am wearing boots out in the wilderness. So I get home and I put on the new pair of wranglers and they are way too long. They come out way past my feet...lol. I look at the size tag in the pants and they say 34x36...darn!!! I went back there (not too far from the house). I go to the customer service for an exchange and the lady gives me cash and I go to the clothing area and while looking at the pants I overhear two older Walmart ladies talking while they are stocking clothes near me. One lady says she is hoping to make an extra $100 this week in overtime so she can help out her disabled daughter with a new wheelchair. I walk over to them and say hello and ask if I can try on a pair of jeans and one says follow me. I go try on the jeans and they fit and then I start to leave and the lady with the disabled daughter says...'Oh!! I see a funny stain on the back of those pants leg. Go get another pair'. I grab another pair and don't try them on and say thank you and then pay and leave.

Ok....I get home...put on the pants that fit perfect, put on my boots and something feels funny in the right rear pocket...it is a wad of money. 2 $50 bills and 5 $10 dollar bills. Man...what the?? Somebody hid it there and somebody returned the pants and never looked in the pockets??? Well...I drive back there and go up to customer service and tell the lady there what happened. She just smiles and says 'Finders keepers looses weepers. It is yours to keep and you are an incredibly honest man'. So I walk around and look for that lady who needs to buy that wheelchair and hand her the money and tell her the story about finding the money in the pants that I got after she told me to grab another pair and that I overheard her talking about her daughter....ok, she hugged me all the way out to my Ranger. I can't wait to tell my wife about this story. It was meant to be. Something already great happened to me today.....so I paid it forward.

Great story man. Well done!