Stories That Touched Your Lives And Our Hearts

We asked readers for first-hand accounts of compassion. Here are 22 stories that touched your lives and our hearts.

- LesLie Wagner

THE MAN AT THE MARKET

When the supermarket clerk tallied up my groceries, I was $12 over what I had on me. I began to remove items from the bags, when another shopper handed me a $20 bill.

“Please don’t put yourself out,” I told him. “Let me tell you a story,” he said. “My mother is in the hospital with cancer. I visit her every day and bring her flowers. I went this morning, and she got mad at me for spending my money on more flowers. She demanded that I do something else with that money. So, here, please accept this. It is my mother’s flowers.” 

HELPING HANDS

I will never forget the unknown angel who saw my son, Devansh, lying on the road injured and saved his life. Devansh was in class XI and was headed to school when he was hit by a speeding vehicle. The woman stopped to help, found our phone number in his school diary and informed us right away. She saw a passing school van and stopped it. After asking the children to get down, she sent Devansh to the nearby MBS Hospital. She must have taken care of the task of dropping the children to their school. A couple of hours later, she called my husband to make sure Devansh was all right. My boy was seriously injured, but the helmet protected him. It was the kind lady who really saved his life.

Madhukanta shringi, Kota, Rajasthan

JIM AND THE JOB 

SAVIOUR ON THE ROAD