Saw something that healed my soul a bit today.

So far, this year has really damaged my soul and faith in humanity. Lost my sister to cancer and seeing the shit that’s going on in America, Gaza, and Ukraine has really sucked the life out of me.

Saw something today though that made the world not feel so bad.

Was just at the self checkout at my local supermarket and I hear a small crash of items hitting the floor. An elderly man who was quite severely crooked had knocked a few jars off a low shelf. Went to go and help but before I got there, the few people closest all stopped and picked up a jar and helped the man put them back on the shelf, including a small child and her dad who used it as an opportunity to teach her a valuable life lesson about helping people.

In the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t the biggest act of sacrifice to the people involved, but the entire interaction just made me feel a bit better about things.