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How a stranger’s act of kindness changes everything
My friend Marco has been working on turning his life around for years. He’s in his early 50’s and recently went back to college to get the certificates he needs for the job he wants. He told me the most beautiful story today.
He was on his way to school and running a little behind. He noticed an open photo album laying in the ground with some other papers and books around it. He thought to pick it up and see whose it was, but he was running late and so he kept going.
On his way back a few hours later, he saw the album still laying in the grass, but this time it had been kicked and opened. Probably someone was looking for money in there. He got to his car, put the key in the ignition and something felt very off to him. He told me, “ I don’t want to live my life and pass by something that could be really important to someone else,” so he took the key out of the ignition and walked back to the site where all the stuff was strewn.
As he walked back, the story he crafted in his head was that this guy’s car was probably broken into and the thieves tossed this seemingly useless stuff out the window. The guy was probably freaking out.
When he got to the grassy patch and glanced at the album, he saw smiling Latino faces peering back at him. He took a…
