Finding Good

There are good people out there.

Most days it seems everywhere you turn there are unhappy, angry, frustrated people just waiting to ooze their negativity on you. But every once in a while you have a day when the good shines through and for me today is one of those days.

This morning on my way to work I ended up behind a pickup truck towing a small trailer. The truck was only going 30 mph which was slower than I had planned on going but I always figure there must be a reason you end up behind a slow vehicle. After following the truck a short distance we came across a discarded Christmas tree in the on coming lane that a car was trying to squeak around. The truck in front of me put on its blinker and slowed to a stop by the tree. An older gentleman got out of the truck, walked over, picked up the tree, threw it on his trailer and then got back in the truck and went on his way.

I know in the grand scheme of things removing a small tree from the roadway doesn't seem like a lot. However I believe that it's a culmination of small good deeds that make the world a better place. How many would have (and probably did) drive by that tree and not pick it up? It wasn't even in this gentleman's way but he took a minute out of his day to do other drivers on the road a small courtesy. And that small courtesy did my heart a world of good on this cold winter's day.