Random Acts of Kindness

I'm not tbe biggest Scott Mills fan in the world but his Random Act of Kindness feature is an interesting one. The other day an American woman had phoned in to say that a shop keeper at the train station had seen that she was upset that she was unable to buy her train ticket and had offered her the £40 she needed without hesitation. Scott Mills then rang up the man and said that his act had been above and beyond the call of duty and that he had won him and his family an expensive meal out as a way of saying thank you. At the time I thought "He's a Christian" even though I know acts of kindness are not only a hallmark of Christianity but I just had that feeling...
The following day, Scott referred to the same man, highlighting the story and what had happened and said "Julie (or whoever it was) is in tears. Come on Julie, tell us what has just happened." It turned out that the shop keeper from the day before had rung in to say thank you for his prize. Julie continued the story, choking back tears "He said that he is lucky to be blessed with food on his table every day and that he would rather that we gave the money for the meal to Children in Need." Julie stifles a sob. "What a lovely man!" More sound of tears.
Scott says "And she's not the only one touched. What a lovely man! If only there were more like him".

If only... :)