Man, this guy is something else.
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Wow thats actually a true story. Im quite impressed
Why do so many of us idolize and emulate celebrities and fictional characters when there are people like Mr. Stewart around? The man’s incredible.
I definitely agree with you on that one :)
The guy is awesome, he is doing what everyone else is telling rich people to do: stop talking, go to the homeless, and give them the money in cash and quietly walk away without bragging about it. He is a genious, and i hope more people do what he does, even if its only a couple of bucks here and there.
Wow. I agree with both HT and Logasm’s posts, the rich really should give back to the less fortunate, and when they do, they shouldn’t brag about it. If I ever become that rich, I think I’ll do the same as Mr. Stewart.
Nice guy; poor guy…
Hope its one of the treatable forms of cancer…
it is but like all cancer its still dangerous
Oh, I used to live near Lee Summit. Good man indeed.
Kindness still exists?! O_O
WOW! Sheesh, if sumone really asked, I’d give my liver and esophagus.
I wish there were more feel-good stories like this. We need them. :)
Hey, Ananth. Don’t know if your spam filter would have swallowed my email about Saturday… if so let me know and I’ll re-send. Hope you have a good Thanksgiving!
I don’t think I got it … :/ If you don’t mind posting your e-mail address, I’ll e-mail you from an alternate account?
it’s just heather at burningvoid.com. :)
That’s really cool, but not nearly as impressive as the guy I saw on a Nightline report some years back: he similarly handed out $1000 to random poor people on buses and stuff in his neighborhood. Only difference, this guy was just a black janitor or something making not much more than minimum wage. When Ted Koppel interviewed him in his small apartment and asked why he did this when he clearly could use that money himself, the older man said that the minimal amount of stuff he had was enough as long as he had a roof and food, so why not give the “extra” to others. Both of these are great acts of charity I wish we saw more of, but it’s even more impressive to give money away when you’re poor than when you’re rich.
As Christ observed, the poor woman putting a few coins meekly in the synagogue collection was more blessed than the rich man ostentatiously dropping in a large sum, for she has given all she has and has done so without expectation of praise. (Is it odd that I mention this Bible story although I am an atheist?)
atheist? you poor fellow, they have no holidays!
Many people believe that we only pay attention to the bad deeds going on in todays world. Like how a hurricane or war is the only thing we see on our news, and not how the 90 year old woman saved her grandchild from a fire, but I don’t believe it. Because stories like Secret Santa and his copycats are becoming more dominant in people’s minds over how the corner store was robbed. People will think back to this guy and many others and it can inspire them to do the same, rather than listen to CNN and get depressed.
My whole point in spelling this out? That more and more people are taking initiative to help people, even just to walk an old lady down the street. And if you saw this story about a Secret Santa, maybe you should help too, even just to pick up a guys wallet he dropped and yell at him from down the street, making yourself a fool for a moment, then a hero the next.