A gift of kindness from a Stranger on my Birthday!
By: Hetal Mistry
Tags: Birthday, Kindness, Helping Others, Mindset, Storyofmylife

A gift of Kindness from a Stranger on my Birthday!

One thing we always look forward to on our birthdays is gifts/surprises!

Try to remember what are the things that come to your mind when you think of your past birthdays? Only those few gestures you would remember not those expensive gifts (at least not in my case).

I remember the surprise parties and unexpected wishes more clearly than the gifts I had received on my past birthdays.

Last birthday, I received a gift of kindness from a Stranger which I will never forget!

When the COVID Lockdown restriction eased a little bit, we went on mini family holidays to celebrate my birthday.

During our holidays, we went for a leisure walk to the nearest beach (from our temporary home) one evening. I decided to give a shot to jump pose. I love taking photos, cause I believe that’s the only way we can go back to that moment. We, humans, tend to forget things very easily, not many people are born with sharp memory. Forgetting is good for our well being and our mental health which helps us to come out of depression and post-traumatic recovery. So, I took off my beach slippers and started to jump, it was great fun but did remind me of my age! Yes, I am not a kid, I am a mum, who has produced 2 beautiful kids and have gone through surgeries!

Soon after this mini kinda photo shoot, I joined my kids to play tips, barefoot!

I was so lost in the play that I didn’t pay much attention to my surroundings. The beach wasn’t busy, a handful of people, another family or 2 or 3. This God sent stranger, was observing us and made a quick move and stopped us right there from our play!

She must be in her 50s, her face was beaming with kindness and a beautiful smile! She politely introduced herself and made me aware of the creature who can ruin our lovely play and could cost us a trip to the hospital, depending on the response of our bodies after popping it!

Dangerous, pretty looking, carefully designed creature by God — Bluebottles!

Yes, you probably thinking, where on earth do I live, that I am not aware of this beautiful devil, blue coloured Jellyfish! I haven’t grown up in Australia, and back home I have never come across it before, simple as that.

More than often these days, people are in the mindset of “Mind your own Business” and “Mind my own Business”. And by such mentality, they resist helping others.

If this person has decided to mind her own business and let us mind our own business, then our lovely holidays could have turned into a tragedy!

On a funny note, I felt that these pretty looking creatures were all travelled ashore to celebrate my birthday, as celebrating with humans have been restricted by the government.

The accidental adventure of Popping bluebottles than balloons on my birthday would have created a whole different story, but I prefer this story.

A gift of Kindness over a trip to the hospital on my birthday!

Such kind people make this world beautiful! Be kind and help others, it’s a choice and it’s free too😊

Choosing kindness can change the whole story, it did for me when someone chose for me!