Would you take a gift from a stranger?

atomom
Mon, 15 Dec 2014 03:05:35 +0000

This happened to me last Christmas Eve. I was in the Dollar Tree with my son looking for a particular item (which was not there. . .) A young girl came up to me, said “Merry Christmas,” stuck a decorated envelope into my hand–then she ran off. I took it, thinking it was just a kid’s homemade card or a religious tract. Then I saw it was an envelope and was sort of afraid to open it. I walked around the store a bit and my son said to go ahead and open it, so I did. There was $100 bill! I actually didn’t know if it was real because I had never seen one of the new $100 bills before. I am not a needy person --when my adult kids heard about this, they teased me about “looking homeless.” Of course I passed on the gift to a more deserving person. Anyway, yes, I would take a gift from a stranger. People do this as a random act of kindness. It spreads the holiday spirit. Sometimes I do random acts of kindness for strangers, too, and it makes me feel good.