Shannon Hummel and her two daughters were running errands when their car had a flat tire. Even though it was very windy and cold in Dubuque, Iowa, they decided to walk to Chick-fil-A to eat lunch while they waited for the tire to be fixed. Bernie Tigges noticed how cold they were when they came in. After Shannon and her girls finished their meal, Bernie offered to give them a ride. Since it was busy for lunch, Hummel said they would walk back to the tire shop. Bernie replied, “I probably don’t need to do it, but I want to do it.” When she arrived home, Hummel sent the story to the Chick-fil-A corporate office. Tigges’ co-workers said they weren’t surprised that she was commended. “She is always going the extra mile.”
Monte Syrie is an English teacher at Cheney High School in Colbert, Washington, near Spokane. Word got out that he let a student sleep during his class. In response, he tweeted, “Meg fell asleep in class yesterday. I let her. I didn’t take it personally. She has zero- hour math (at 7:10 am), farm-girl chores (starting at 5:00 am), state-qualifying 4x400 fatigue, adolescent angst, and various other things to deal with. My class is only a part of her life, not her life.” According to school assessments, Syrie realized that Meg had not used her time wisely to complete her essay, as did Meg. In someone else’s class, Meg might have been written up, reprimanded, or given a zero on the assignment. In order to help, Syrie knew he couldn’t change Meg’s schedule for math later in the day, feed her horses, or run her sprints, but he could give her a break, let her sleep, and show compassion. Because of his kind gesture, Monte hopes other students will come to him when they need help. He concluded, “Sometimes you just have to follow your instincts and do what’s best for your students.” And Meg submitted her paper by 9:00 pm that night.
The cashier had just finished ringing up the groceries when Betty Loos realized she had left her wallet at home in Emmy’s diaper bag. Noticing the look of concern, her son asked what was wrong. Betty explained the situation and the cashier offered to put the food in a cooler for her, while she went home to get her wallet. She explained it was already late, she lived 2o minutes away, still needed to make dinner, and get the kids ready for bed. Betty said it would be best to come back the next day. With so much to do and her husband away on a business trip in Texas for two weeks, Loos was feeling a little overwhelmed. That’s when Barry, who was next in line, asked, “How much is it?” Betty refused to answer, but Barry continued to ask. When told the amount, the kind gentleman handed his card to the cashier and paid for her groceries. Barry explained, “I’ve been there before. I understand. My wife recently died and if she were here, she’d want me to help you. So, I’m doing it for her, too.”
May we all be willing to look out for others and do the right things, to remind people there is still good in our world.
And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
2 Thessalonians 3:13
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