Good People All Around Us!
Editor,
It is so easy to be skeptical of others today. The news seldom covers the simplest acts of kindness performed without expectation out of the goodness of their hearts. There are good people all around us!
On November 10 I was driving out from Castro Valley to exchange cars with our daughter in Fremont traveling down Mission Blvd in South Hayward. Our car overheated and as I was pulling over, my car stalled in the intersection of Mission Boulevard and Rousseau Street. When the light turned green, I got out to push my car onto Rousseau... and immediately, a woman pulled over and jumped out of her car to help me! It was downhill so did not need her, but she did not know that! I called for a tow, and then a man appeared out of no where at my window from a house on Prestwick asking if I needed a jump... he had a portable battery with him! He saw my car across the street and came to my aid. But the Good Samaritans were not done yet as two more stopped, got out of their cars just to make sure I was okay and if I needed help...
Turned out my morning was blessed with reminders of the goodness of so many caring people!
Added to these wonderful people was that my car broke down on the way to my daughter’s house, not after the car exchange...
It was a long morning but was truly a great reminder that there are so many good, helpful people watching out for us!
Blessings!
–Bruce D. Johnson, Castro Valley
