All it takes is a small selfless act of kindness to make a huge impact on someone’s life, as the boys from New South Wales have taught us when they helped an old man with yardwork.
Genuine team spirit
As they were coming home after a rugby game, students from Cooma North Public School in New South Wales showed a true team spirit outside the field as they together with their parents and teachers rushed to help an 81-year old struggling with woodpile in his garden. It didn’t take long time for these boys to move the logs to the back of the garden and put a smile of gratitude on the old man’s face.
The great deed didn’t go unnoticed. Apart from affecting the old man, the students’ doing has deeply moved anyone who has heard or read about it. The school’s principal was full of praise for the boys in her Facebook post that got more than 14,000 shares.
Entire community honored the boys’ noble act in their comments and likes, the most grateful being the daughter of the gentleman.
True winners
That day the boys won in a rugby league game, but their most important victory has played out outside the field. They brought us hope that, in spite of the horrors that are going on in the world, there are still thousands of small acts of kindness to override it. Their great gesture of kindness has made us all more optimistic about the future of mankind.
