"Today I went to Dunkin' Donuts and saw a clearly homeless guy sitting on the side of the road and picking up change. Eventually I saw him stroll into Dunkin, as he was counting his change to buy something I began to get super annoying and talked to him over and over again even when he didn't really want to talk. Since he had maybe $1 in change I bought him a coffee and bagel and asked him to sit down with me. He told me a lot about how people are usually very mean to him because he's homeless, how drugs turned him into the person he hated, he lost his mom to cancer, he never knew his dad and he just wants to be someone his mom would be proud of (along with another hours worth of conversation.) This lovely mans name was Chris and Chris was one of the most honest & sincere people I've ever met. After realizing I really need to get back to class Chris asked me to wait so he can write something down for me. Handing me a crumpled up receipt he apologized for having shaky hand writing, smiled, and left. I opened his note and this was it. 'I wanted to kill myself today, because of u I now do not. Thank u, beautiful person.' " Credit: Casey Fischer
@CalltoActivism Sorry I do not believe any of these self serving good Samaritan stories, at all
@CalltoActivism I'm no drug addict. Due to neglect and abuse, I have a spending addiction and struggle with BPD, hyper-sensitivity, and hyper-vigilance. More than once I have been close to homelessness. I've almost cut my wrists and taken overdoses of my psych meds. Sometimes, it's just life.
@CalltoActivism Wow. You gave him hope and lent him an ear.
this proves how one persons kindness no matter how insignificant it seems to you at the time can very well make someone’s day or even like in this case saved a life! the lord works in mysterious ways and I believe god was not ready for this chris it wasn’t his time yet and knowing all about what chris was going through and knowing he was gonna end his life that day he put you their that day to save him!
@CalltoActivism That was very touching! I hope Chris becomes the man his mother would be proud of. He's on his way when he can see the kindness in the humanity of another! I am so delighted to have read this; it shows you how sometimes acknowledging someone can mean so much to them.
@CalltoActivism you have more stores than every library in the United States put together.
@CalltoActivism The blessings (large and small) of empathy, If I am ever afraid of being labeled or called "woke" by some person without a soul or a shred of humanity, then I have given up the right to consider myself a human being.