At work this week, I've been digging into a financial scam. A deliberate, calculated scheme in which some men decided to steal loads of money and lie about it. It's discouraging. At least they got caught, right?
So this story about three men finding tens of thousands of dollars in cash and turning it in to the police gave me a needed reality check. Three young men found a box that turned out to be full of envelopes with cash in them. Lots of cash. And despite being in debt, or otherwise needing money, they turned it in. The rightful owner was looking for it, and got it back.
Several years ago, I pulled into a Walmart parking lot and was loading my young children into a cart to do the grocery shopping when another woman, also toting a toddler, approached me. She handed me a wallet and explained that she'd found it in a grocery cart near her car, and she didn't want to haul her kids back into the store to turn it in. Would I do it? Of course I said yes, and dropped it off at the customer service counter before I went shopping. Later, I thought that over and smiled. A random stranger found a wallet and wanted to turn it in. She handed it to me, another random stranger, trusting that I would do the right thing. I did the right thing.
Honestly, there are good people in the world. We need to remember that while we deal with the bad people and the scammers. A lot of people, when put in a situation, will choose to do the right thing. It's a Christmas gift for the soul to focus on the good. Not ignoring the bad, but taking a deep breath and remembering that there's a lot of good in the world too.
When have you done the right thing, even though you could have gotten away with doing the wrong thing?
When have you seen someone else do the right thing?
Has anyone helped you when they could have just ignored you?
Has anything restored your faith in humanity recently?
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