Coffee + Umbrella + Protein Bar = A Good Deed!

So, I had to sign some paperwork for my car this past cold and rainy Tuesday. Kara Mecca, from Blasius Chevy, knows how tight my schedule is, so she agreed to meet me at the D&D closer to my house… talk about great customer service!! I bought a coffee, that I didn’t really want, and sat down with her to sign away.
On our way out, a man, who may have been homeless, asked us for a cigarette. Neither one of us smokes, so we said sorry… then I realized that I still had the unopened coffee in my hand. I offered it to him and you would have thought I was giving him a $100 bill! He thanked me multiple times! It felt great.
As I was driving away in my warm, dry car, I wished I could have done more. Then I realized that I had an extra umbrella in the car… as well as a protein bar. I turned my car around and went back to find him. I found him a few buildings away from the D&D trying to stay out of the rain. I pulled up and gave him my green Post University umbrella and the protein bar. Again, you would have thought I was giving him the world.
About 30 minutes later as I was driving to an appointment, I saw my green Post University umbrella walking up the street (about ½ mile from the D&D) with a much drier and happier man underneath it. I can almost promise you that I was happier than him about it!
The moral of the story is that we don’t have to take days of planning and have tons of resources in order to perform an act of kindness. We just need to keep our eyes open for the opportunity to share what we have already. It may seem small to us, but can mean the world to someone else! More than likely, the good deed will do just as much for us as it will for the person on the receiving end.