I witnessed a big kindness today.

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I didn't have any errands to run or places I had to be today, with one exception and that was the pharmacy. It was actually a prescription for myself, and not the son--shocker, right? But I went, it's very close by. As usual, it was busy. Once, when I was picking up a medication, an elderly man just out of the hospital didn't have enough money to pay his co-pay. He was shaky and looked very ill. He only lacked about $5, I scrambled around and found enough cash in my purse to pay it for him. I could tell he really did need the medication. He was very weak...and so nice. I think I wrote about it at the time, not sure. But I would like to think if I were in such a fix, someone, somehow would help. Today, same thing, different day. An elderly lady two spots ahead of me, her co-pay for a medication was more than she had, and had gone up in price from the last time she paid for it. She didn't have enough, and simply said ''Thank you for your time'' and moved out of line. The fellow in front of me told her to wait just a minute. He paid for it, even though she protested it was just way too much--($55). I was so happy for her, and it was so nice of him to do that for her. He walked with her out to her car, and came back in a few minutes. On my way out, I heard him ask a worker why there isn't some type of ''fund'' that people could at least donate loose change to, to help others pay for their medication co-pays when they couldn't. Of course, there are programs like GoodRX, and that helps, but if you don't have anything at all, I can see that it wouldn't be enough, either. Anyway, it does my heart so much good to witness acts of kindness. Our world is nuts, bad things happen--but there are still good people out there, which is so good to see. Have you witnessed any good acts of kindness lately? Pinterest picture