The man with the umbrella

A couple of weeks ago, Will and I went to dinner at Famous Dave's. The weather had been gorgeous contrary to what the weather channel had predicted but things changed quickly. When we got out of the restaurant after dinner the rain was coming down hard. We stood at the exit and Will asked if I wanted to run for it or wait as he brought the car to me. We stood there looking at the cold rain a little helplessly when a man got out of his car with a HUGE umbrella and walked over to his wife's door to let her out. He looked over at us and asked, "do you want me to walk you both to your car?". I was more than a little surprised. Normally everybody is so busy, nobody really notices someone else's troubles. The man insisted it was no trouble at all and walked us to our car and made sure we both got in dry before he let his wife out of the car and they made their way in. On the drive home I thought about the times I've never looked around to see if someone had some needs when I had plenty to share. Hopefully I'll never forget this lesson.