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“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.”
WEEKLY BRIGHT SPOTS
Kindness was not left behind
After a day of shopping, Thato Cassuto and her family brought their load of groceries into Smoke Daddy’s restaurant while they grabbed brunch. The manager, Emmanuel, kindly offered to move their grocery trolley aside for them. But when they left, they forgot to take it—groceries, receipt and all. Two days later, when Thato noticed her fridge was missing all the items she swore she’d bought, she suddenly remembered the trolley and called the restaurant, assuming everything had been taken or thrown away. Instead, Emmanuel told her that the staff had found the trolley at closing time, unpacked every item, and stored everything safely in their fridge so it wouldn’t spoil. Not a single thing was touched. Thato said their honesty didn’t just save her groceries — it reminded her that everyday kindness still runs deep in her community.
Support for a veteran
An 88-year-old former U.S. Army soldier, Ed Bambas, revealed recently that after losing his pension years ago, he’s still working full time at a grocery store just to make ends meet. Once his story surfaced online, support flooded in: a fundraiser started by a social-media influencer collected over $1.2 million to help him recover financially and finally retire once and for all.
More than a train ticket
In Pittsburgh, Officer Steven Harris was called to the Greyhound station for what was reported as an “unruly” man. But when Harris and his partner arrived, they found something entirely different: a deaf man who didn’t speak or read English and had accidentally been left behind when his bus departed for New York—with all his luggage and money still onboard. With no buses available and no practical solution in sight, Harris quietly pulled out his own credit card and bought the man a $113 Amtrak ticket so he could catch up with his belongings.
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