When Kindness Comes from Unexpected Quarters

Kindness is doing what you can, where you are, with what you have. It doesn’t take much to be kind, but the feel-good experience after making someone happy by being kind is inexplicable. That’s what good Samaritan Amitabh Shah might have felt when he helped an elderly couple from a remote village in Uttar Pradesh to board a flight and bought them food too!  Shah shared his experience on LinkedIn where he wrote that the elderly couple had a long journey- they traveled by bus for eight hours to reach the Delhi airport and then had to take a flight to Kanpur. Shah spotted them in the boarding area and at a glance, he could perceive that it was their first time, they were completely clueless and they didn’t understand English.  Shah simply walked up to them with a smile and asked them to follow him. They thought he worked for the airline. As luck would have it, the couple was seated right in front of Shah. They requested him to take their picture and send it on WhatsApp to their daughter so that she would know that they are safe and he obliged.  Shah further wrote that the couple declined food even though they seemed hungry and thirsty for hours. So, he paid for paneer sandwiches and juices and asked the air hostess to serve it to the couple and tell them it was complimentary as they were lucky customers to win a free meal.   While parting ways, the couple simply smiled at Shah who states that we should always be kind at every opportunity that we get.   

A Camper Turns Into a Guardian Angel for This Family Who Became Targets of a Rare Wolf Attack

Matt Rispoli was camping with his wife and two kids in Banff National Park in Canada. They were sleeping in the tent when to their horror, they were awakened to the sight of a wolf ripping off their tent. The big wolf then charged towards Matt who laid his body on his wife and kids to protect them. The huge wolf then started to drag Matt away ripping at his arms. Matt’s wife Elisa tried to hold his legs and screamed desperately for help. Russ Fee, a camper from a nearby campsite came rushing on hearing their screams. Without thinking about himself, he instinctively darted towards the wolf and started kicking it forcefully. The wolf got startled enough to let go Matt, but it wouldn’t go away. Matt and Russ then started shouting and throwing rocks at the wolf. Meanwhile, Elisa ran with her kids towards their car for cover. Finally, the wolf had to retreat. Elisa was extremely grateful to Russ for, in all likelihood, saving Matt’s life. She wrote about the incident on Facebook in which she called Russ their guardian angel. Matt was hospitalized for his wounds.  The next morning, the staff of Parks Canada located the wolf and euthanized it. It is very heartening to know about people like Russ who didn’t bother about himself or his family and rushed to help Matt and his family who were in despair. Such good samaritans reaffirm our faith in the goodness of humanity.