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Once in a while, it’s good to see small acts of kindness in the world. Especially in big cities, it can be difficult to find people who are willing to push anonymity aside and actually treat everyone equally, even if they don’t know them. I was thinking about this topic this morning while sitting on the subway on the way to work: a man who looked like he was in his late 20s gave up his seat for a mother and child with heavy suitcases, even though they had only a stop to go on their journey. He did it with the ease of someone who does stuff like that on a regular basis and it made me happy to see that there are people like that in the world. I’m always surprised when people hold doors for me or see someone helping a group of tourists with directions. It’s rare in a society we have today that people drop what they’re doing to help a stranger or just be of assistance to someone they’ll likely never see again. Why are random acts of kindness so important in our society?