Moments D73; Good Samaritans

Today’s moment celebrates good samaritans as I was fortunate to have one cross my path today. (Or in this case, NOT cross my path)

As I was walking to pickup lunch I crossed a busy street via a pedestrian crosswalk. This typically is an easy thing to do and without incident, but today there was a big school bus parked and blocking my view of the traffic heading East-bound. A cab driver heading West-bound stopped for the cross-walk, but as I started across the street it was apparent that the van barreling East wasn’t going to stop for the crosswalk. The cab driver noticed this and honked his horn at me…and while I did see the van and waited for him to pass without any scares, it was really quite lovely for the cab driver to have taken the time and effort to communicate with me.

As I reached the other side of the street I turned and gave him a friendly wave. He waved back and hopefully he felt as good about his actions as I did.

Yes - good samaritans still exist. They aren’t always to be found and they seem rare these days, but TODAY I celebrate them.

Moments of thinking about others. We should all take a moment to think about what we could do for another out of the goodness of our heart.