{"id":43619,"date":"2017-12-11T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=43619"},"modified":"2017-12-11T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:08:33","slug":"coffee-saves-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/coffee-saves-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Planning Suicide Reveals How 1-Cup Of Coffee Saved His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Performing random acts of kindness is something that many of us do on a daily basis. Whether it is paying it forward in a drive thru line, or helping someone carry something to their car. Often times we don’t truly realize just how much of an impact these tiny acts of kindness can have on people. Glen Oliver of Pickering,\u00a0Ontario, Canada found this out in a remarkable way.<\/p>\n

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One morning Glenn was purchasing a coffee at his local Tim Horton’s. As he was paying for his coffee he decided to pay for the person’s food behind him in line, an act that Glenn often does. Glenn paid for the man’s food and told the cashier to tell the man to have a wonderful day and that his breakfast was on him! Little did Glenn know…that kind gesture would save a man’s life.<\/p>\n

A few months later, local newspaper News Durham<\/a> received an anonymous letter.. In the letter, a local resident told the story of how they\u2019d chosen one day in July to be their last day on earth. They explained that they were suicidal and could think of no reason to go on. They decided to pick up coffee and a muffin at Tim Horton\u2019s before heading home to take their own life, but that\u2019s when fate intervened.<\/p>\n

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Glenn’s act of kindness encouraged the suicidal man to for go his plans of suicide for a little longer. When the man got home, he decided to try and ‘pay it forward’, spending the day helping his neighbor and carrying in their groceries.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThank you from the bottom of my heart,\u201d they wrote in his letter, \u201cand know your kind gesture has truly saved a life \u2026 On July 18, 2017, I not only had a great day, I had the greatest day!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy me? Why today?\u201d The letter read. \u201cIf I was a religious sort I would take this as a sign. This random act of kindness was directed at me on this day for a purpose.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Glenn read the story in his local paper he knew he was the person in the SUV who had purchased the man’s breakfast that fateful day. He remained humble and was thrilled to know that his tiny gesture saved this man’s life.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know the impact it will have on someone until you hear their story,\u201d he said. \u201cLike such a small, insignificant thing to most people just turned out to be\u2026 the planets align for somebody.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Glen Oliver<\/p><\/div>\n

The former-suicidal man told the paper that Glenn’s small act of kindness\u00a0\u201cenriched my life in more ways than I could\u2019ve imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n

The world certainly\u00a0needs more Glenn’s. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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