Despite how it feels in the moment, it doesn’t take much to turn a bad day around.

When was the last time you offered a stranger some simple kindness? One guy recently shared a time he received some with Reddit. Here are the details.

Sure I will have coffee today. Thank you Nice lady.

So, there is a lady that comes to the coffee shop (Tim’s).

She is so thoughtful and sweet.

Those qualities in a person can oft feel few and far between.

She had asked me the other day if I wanted coffee, and I politely replied: “Thank you, but I am fine”.

I was preoccupied and on the phone and she looked jilted, and she said next time then, and I said sure.

Well today was the day, and she again asks: “You want coffee”?

Hopefully he knew the right answer this time.

And I looked up and said “Sure”, remembering my promise last time.

She got me a medium and I added cream.

I said: “Where is yours?”

Very sweet that this guy is looking out for her.

She said: “Oh you don’t worry about me, I just took pills and I am off to get my snow tires on”.

She went and drove away with a box of donuts for the tire shop for while she waited.

This lady sounds like an angel on earth.

This lady clearly was on a mission of kindness- ’tis the season for receiving the unexpected.

I am glad that I could make nice lady’s day by accepting.

She seemed so happy when I did.

Accepting kindness goes a lot further than people realize.

It made me feel special too knowing that she seemed happy that I accepted her offer today.

It might be a simple cup of coffee, but it was the idea that a simple agreement could make someone’s day when it was me who was benefiting from the kindness.

But perhaps, in this case, it seemed to go both ways with giving and receiving and a win-win to brighten the day.

These types of interactions seem simple on the surface, but carry so much weight. Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this.

The comments immediately validated his excitement.

And the good vibes proved to be contagious.

One person approved of the cycle of events.

Another sent an equal amount of appreciation back to the original poster.

The world needs more people like this.

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