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Kind World

A Moment Of Kindness From Will

Kind World

WBUR

Kindness, Society & Culture, Profound, Personal Journals, Uplifting, Stories

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Will Bloemendaal, of Grand Rapids, Mich., tells us about witnessing a small but powerful act of integrity and kindness while on the bus.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone. This is Yasminammer, co-host of Kind World, coming in with this

0:05.1

week's moment of kindness. But first, have you listened to our latest episode?

0:09.2

This past Tuesday we talked to an 11-year-old named Emerson Weber.

0:13.9

She loves to write these long and thoughtful handwritten letters, but more importantly,

0:18.6

she gives us all a very important lesson in empathy.

0:22.4

So be sure to subscribe to Kind World on your

0:24.3

favorite podcast app so you don't miss any of our full length episodes or our

0:28.7

bonus stories like this one. Now here's Will Blumenthal, of Grand Rapids, Michigan with this week's

0:34.9

moment of kindness.

0:37.7

I'm a public transportation user and I was at what we call the Grand Rapids

0:44.4

Maine where all the buses every 15 minutes congregate and people transfer and I was

0:50.1

waiting there with a regular crowd and the new driver for the bus number seven, the shift

0:56.4

change and this young girl probably high school came running up to the driver and she said I don't know what to do I've lost all my money and the driver whose hands were as big as baseball mitts, he said to this little girl, how much was it?

1:16.7

And she said it was $125.

1:19.5

And he opened up his big baseball m mid hand and he said,

1:24.4

there you go.

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And just the look on her face for panic

1:30.0

to calm was immediate and she grabbed the money without saying anything and ran off just like that.

1:38.0

And I said to the driver, you have uncommon integrity and you make me feel so human. You have you

1:43.0

me feel so human and for her thank you very much.

1:49.0

Well, thank you for calling and sharing your story with us.

1:52.0

Well, what about you? Have you seen an act of

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