While driving this morning, I came up on a stalled car. It took me a minute to figure out what was going on, but once I did, I got out to see what I could do. In the meantime, the cars were lining up behind me. By the time I got to the car, three others were there to help. We pushed him to safety and he thanked us, telling us he had someone on the way to pick him up.
I've lived in three very different parts of the country (southern, middle, and north). I've travelled around most of the USA visited another 25 some odd countries. I've thumbed around Europe, train hopped, and stayed with strangers. I've seen more than I could have imagined growing up in a town of 800. I remember a quote I read at the Anne Frank Musuem in Amsterdam (don't remember who said it, but probably her): "Despite everything, I still believe in the inner goodness of man." I agree completely! North or South, small town or big city, United States or not, the average person wants to do good to others. This may sound naive, but I've seen enough and met enough people around the world to find it true. My experience this morning (outside the third largest city in the US to boot), confirmed this. The Southern hospitality is alive and well, but it's not only in the south and it's not only in small towns. I just thought I'd throw this out there. Most of us hear all the negativity in the news, but we are surrounded by goodness too....
