New York City Has Goodhearted Citizens

While scavenging through news articles, looking for something to blog 
about it is easy to say "I'll wait until later to post, none of these 
look interesting..." obviously I am guilty of that. However, of all of 
our website options I typically find something I like on the new york 
times website, when nothing looks appealing there I look through the 
health section, and today I did exactly that. Today the title "A City 
of Strangers and Kindness" caught my attention because I'm a sucker 
for an uplifting story, and this was just that!

This story was about a man named Marty living with Parkinson's Disease in
New York City. I was surprised to hear that New York City has kind strangers, but
I was more surprised to hear the testimonial of Darcy Heller Sternberg
and her husband Marty who has witnessed so much compassion on the streets
of a city with a bad reputation.

In the article she mentions a time when Marty was at the check out at a Radio Shack
and when he reached to his pocket for his wallet, he realized it was missing. He
explained to the clerk his problem and she said she would see him the following day.
When he returned the next day he explained that he had dropped it on the closet
floor, the clerk told him she had prayed for him to St. Anthony for him. Maybe I'm
just a softy, but this sentiment might have meant as much to me as it did Marty.
Also, there was one time when Marty was out and about, when an awful rain storm came.
He was far from home, and his Parkinson's disease wouldn't get him there any faster.
A woman hailed a taxi for him and insisted he take it, and asked the cab driver to
deliver him to his doorman.

I appreciate the news and I do like to be informed on the current events, no matter
how gruesome it is. However stories like this give me some sort of hope for our
future. I'm not naive, I realize that most are not like this kindhearted, but when
you do hear about it, somehow it inspires you. It makes you believe in man-kind. 



"How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes,
frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?" - Paul Sweeney