A Kind Restaurant Gesture Goes Viral

[Demovictory9]

When an Alabama man went out to eat with two buddies, he noticed an older woman eating alone in the restaurant in Oxford. “My exact thoughts was ‘dang I’d hate to have to eat alone,'" writes Jamario Howard in a now-viral Facebook post, per Fox 8. Howard spoke to the woman briefly and learned that she was a widow who had gone out to eat on the eve of her 60th wedding anniversary. He gave his condolences, and she accepted his invitation to join him and his friends. "The point in this is always be kind and be nice to people," he writes. "You never know what they are going through." Read his full post, including a photo of their dinner, here.

https://www.newser.com/story/274261/a-kind-restaurant-gesture-goes-viral.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/young-man-asks-widow-eating-alone-to-join-him-this-woman-changed-my-outlook-on-life/ar-BBWd5fB

[Sherman A1]

1. Gives one some hope

[tymorial]

2. What a touching and wonderful story

Thank you for sharing this.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Brings a saying to mind: Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet

is fighting some kind of battle.

[JudyM]

19. I have this on my fridge.

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”
———— Philo of Alexandria, ancient Jewish philosopher

[calimary]

27. What a great quote. An even better reminder.

And a STELLAR gesture to go along with it.

We should always remember this thought.

[JudyM]

28. Yes, compassion is so vital to our humanity and becoming strikingly less common in some circles.

[tblue37]

4. What sweet young men! nt

[marble falls]

5. Its a simple kind gesture that does a lot of good.

[Scarsdale]

6. Touching story.

Great group of guys. Their mothers should be proud of them. Nice to read a story such as this, with all the negativity in the news today. Thanks for posting this uplifting story.

[NYMinute]

7. Such a heart warming story

Restores one's faith in humanity.

[Funtatlaguy]

8. There are good people everywhere. Find them.

[VOX]

9. America needs this-- an openness to love, compassion and empathy.

Especially when our highest-ranked officials have no capacity for it, and make hay off its banishment.
Those gentlemen are heroes of love.

Needed more than ever now.

[SallyHemmings]

10. Beautiful !

[Thunderbeast]

11. Sadly, we live in a media-stoked milieu of fear

Most people are kind. We live in a world where the rare bad actor has made us fearful to reach out to the stranger. Our news media loves the sensational.

Our lives are poorer for these exaggerated narratives. We can be smart, but still open to making new relationships...some of them transient; Some of them longer term.

Our lives are all richer when we do.

[bdamomma]

12. That's

compassion and just being decent.

[Wounded Bear]

13. K & R...for visibility...nt

[dlk]

14. A Simple Act of Kindness Can be Very Meaningful to the Recipient - It Doesn't Take Much

What a wonderful example of the basic goodness of Americans. We need many more of these examples to go viral in the time of Trump's vast ugliness and cruelty.

[bigbrother05]

15. Good kids, that's where my daughter lives

[jalan48]

16. Glad to see this go viral. We are more alike than we are different.

[Karadeniz]

17. Soul at work.❤

[DeanMH]

18. FOXNEWS TRUMP NETWORK REPORTS

THE FOXNEWS HEADLINE READS:

Three Black Radical Democrats Kidnap A White Woman and Force Her to Starve While They Eat In Front of Her.

[canetoad]

20. Funny!

Welcome to DU.

[senseandsensibility]

21. I was going to click on the links to look at the photos, but

for some reason my vision became blurry and I had trouble seeing. I am such a sucker for stories like this.

[citizen blues]

22. This brought tears to my eyes

I live alone and have no family nearby. More often than not, I resort to take-out, so I don't have to eat alone while being surrounded by everyone else laughing and talking with their dinner companions. On the rare occasions I do go out, I equipped with my smart phone and ear buds.

[spanone]

23. Good on these gentlemen

[catrose]

24. I'm particularly impressed that a group of young black men invited an elderly white woman

I'd sure understand if they didn't!

[3catwoman3]

29. I am glad she...

...accepted.

[lordsummerisle]

25. k&r n/t

[spooky3]

26. Sweethearts! Nt

[AllaN01Bear]

30. this random act of kindness is purrfect.