Faith In Humanity Restored (For a Bit)

After going out to eat for my niece’s birthday, I had to put oil in my car.  My car is old.  It has 280,000+ miles on it.  It loses a bit of oil.  Anyway, it was dark and I was in the parking lot of the restaurant.  A couple got out of their car.  They were probably in their 50s.  The man saw me putting oil in and said, “Just needs a little drink?”  I could tell by the way that he said it, that he really hoped that was the issue.  He didn’t want to help, but for some reason inside of him, he had to offer.

I understand why he didn’t want to help.  He and his wife/girlfriend were going out to eat.  He didn’t want to get delayed or dirty.  That made the fact that he did say something even more special.  He was kind and couldn’t help it.  I appreciate it.  Things like that help to restore my faith in humanity.  He could have just walked by.  Another man probably would have, but there was something in him, something he was either born with or was taught by his parents that made him offer to help when he didn’t want to.  That is a quality that I admire.  That is a quality that we should all adopt and it is a quality we should instill in our children.