Last week, a man in the US spotted a grocery store employee helping an elderly customer tie his shoelaces.
The man took a photo of the sweet moment, and put it on Facebook.
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The photo went viral.
In just a few short days, it has had over 200,000 Facebook likes and been shared more than 15,000 times. It’s been written about across the Internet and even made national news.
Because someone tied some shoelaces.
Now, it’s definitely lovely. A beautiful little moment.
BUT.
Is that really where we’re at, as humans, that a photo of a young guy tying someone’s shoelaces becomes international news?
Are we so lacking in kindness and positive news that a polite gesture by a thoughtful employee goes majorly viral?
That’s kind of sad, isn’t it?
Maybe with wars and deaths and Ebola and police brutality and corrupt politicians and – well, you get the idea – maybe people are just desperate for something sweet to share. And this shoelace got tied at just the right time.
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Although things like this happen all the time it's so hardly ever caught on camera or put on the internet. Seeing something like this just brings a smile to my face. I was having a crappy day some time ago when I stopped at a red light and saw an old couple trying to push their car that had broken down. I was busy trying to negotiate my way off the road to park and help when a very young fellow drove up beside me, pulled over and jumped out yelling to them not to push it, he was on his way. He ran over the road, put them both back in the car and pushed it off the road to safety. As I drove off I saw him on his mobile. This lad instantly made me smile and gave my whole day a lift. It's moments of genuine human kindness that are among the things that make life a pleasure.
It's nice to see some good/nice news instead of the bad all the time.
Lovely gesture made by this young man. Something not seen too often in this day and age (not men, people in general).