She picked up a pink winter coat and hugged it.
“Is this really mine?”
“Yes,” I said.
Her smile was worth more than every dollar that had been in that wallet.
Later that day I went back to Gary’s house.
He opened the door and smiled like he’d been expecting me.
“You didn’t have to do all that,” I said.
“Yes,” he replied softly. “I did.”
He leaned on his cane and looked at me.
“You reminded me there are still honest people in the world.”
I shook his hand.
“Thank you,” I said.
He nodded.
“No, Evan,” he said. “Thank you.”
Sometimes the right thing to do doesn’t feel easy.
Sometimes it feels like you’re giving up the one chance you had to fix everything.
But every once in a while…
the world notices.
And kindness finds its way back to you.
Usually right when you need it most.
