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How do you explain those occasions when people truly give of themselves without expecting anything in return? I've done that more than a few times in my life. People are more than capable of selfless acts.
Perhaps not proof, but coincidentally anecdotal, my wife lost her wedding ring and her precious mother’s ring yesterday. Over the years I’ve offered many times to get her “upgrades” and she’s always refused - new rings “just wouldn’t be the same”.
Well, we found them today, turned in voluntarily by a busboy at a Mexican restaurant which was her last hope for finding them (given all of the places she visited yesterday). He spoke next to no English, but his happiness was clearly evident on his face when we claimed the rings. This was before he was offered a reward which, by the way, he tried over and over to turn down through his translating coworker.
Imagine what his life is like day-to-day, especially in these times, with no English at his disposal and likely peanuts for pay for his “low level” job.
But he’s not a drug dealer or a criminal or a rapist. He’s just a guy who did the right thing because it was the right thing to do, and did so with a genuine happiness for us when there was no hint of a reward.
These little anecdotes are all around us - we just can’t or don’t see them as much as we should.