My wife and I were driving home from a party at 2 AM when our car suddenly broke down in the middle of nowhere. This was before mobile phones, so we just sat there in the dark, hoping someone would pass by.
After an hour, a friendly college student stopped and offered to drive us to town. We tried to pay him, but he just smiled and said, “Happy to help.”
Years later, my wife called me, almost in tears, and told me to turn on the news. There he was — the same “college student,” now wearing a sharp suit and standing behind a podium.
He wasn’t a student anymore… he had become a tech millionaire and philanthropist, famous for secretly helping strangers in need.
The anchor ended the segment with his signature quote: “Kindness is the best investment — you never know where it will take you.
” My wife and I just stared at the screen, realizing that the man who once saved us on a lonely road had gone on to change the world.
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