The Kindness of Strangers on Bikes

My wife and I went bike shopping at Block Bike’s in St. Johns on Friday. She needs transportation for when I am in Argentina. We thought cycling would be a great couple’s activity, especially now that we’ve moved most of our lives within three miles of home. She bought a bike but I couldn’t stomach the cost ahead of my trip. That’s when an employee of Block Bike’s, Greg, offered to loan me one of his personal bikes until I leave. I am a total stranger to Greg and his bicycle is currently parked in my sunroom. I rode a bike for the first time since I was a child! My wife and I can now cycle together, something new for both of us.

Thanks to the kindness of a stranger. A stranger who entrusted me with something of value.

Addicts and inmates are universally distrusted; today I am neither.