The Kindness of a Helping Hand

"I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people who are close to us, but anyone who needs a helping hand. I can't change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit."
~ Charles de Lint

On a recent evening, I was leaving a restaurant with a take-out dinner order, struggling to juggle the food and opening my car door.  The owner had asked if I needed help, but I thought I was fine.  But when I reached my car door, I realized I could not open it.  A young man walking by my car asked me if he could help.  Yes, I said.  And so he held part of my order as I opened the door.