Quote by sprite
sick and tired of the same old questions. So, yeah: What random stranger has had the biggest impact on your life?
My new Flash Fiction:
An Extraordinary Orgasm.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/flash-erotica/an-extraordinary-orgasm-2
My new Flash Fiction:
An Extraordinary Orgasm.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/flash-erotica/an-extraordinary-orgasm-2
Quote by HeraTeleia
This is sort of a long story.
I was ~8 years old, just recently emigrated from Canada, and was in the Girl Scouts. My mum was the cookie mum that year, so she had like 20 boxes (crates?) of Girl Scout cookies in the back of the minivan. I was outside a local grocery store, in my Brownie uniform, selling cookies. I think I'd sold around 20 boxes when an elderly, poorly dressed, scruffy man leaning heavily on a cane came up to my table. He asked me some questions, like how many boxes did I need to sell to earn a badge, how many my troop in toto had to sell to fund camping trips, etc.
My mum (not above a snide remark or seven about a person's appearance) stepped in, told him the price per box, clearly thinking that he couldn't afford even one box. Guy paused, ignored my mum, looks at me, and asked how many boxes of cookies did I have with me. I thought he meant at the table. Nope.
That scruffy, elderly gentleman ended up buying every single box of cookies I had with me, including those in the minivan. I can't remember exactly how much he spent. Upshot was, he single-handedly paid for my troop to go to Camp McCleod and participate in multiple other activities that year. He very nearly single-handedly bought all the cookies the troop had been allotted for sale.
The best part? After handing me more cash than I'd ever seen in my life, my mum asked him if he'd like help loading the cookies into his car. His answer? "I don't drive cars, and I don't eat cookies." He left us with all of the cookies--we donated them to a local food bank.
That gentleman on that day taught me more life lessons than I can count--the top two being don't judge someone by their looks, judge them by their actions, and be generous. Financially, emotionally, do things that make life a little easier for other people.