My Eye-Opening Commute

I left work today feeling…not great. I felt exhausted, slightly defeated and a bit like a drone. It is only my second week of work and today I was letting those negative voices in my head that develop from what seems to be one's current reality get to me.
I left my office building, got on the F train, rode it 2 stops and disembarked feeling less than thrilled about the inconvenient 11 blocks and 1 avenue I had  left to walk before I would arrive home at my apartment.
As I got off the train and headed towards the exit I noticed a  young blind man walking in my direction getting slightly  shoved by the crowd that was migrating toward what is  now the only exit from the under-construction station. The man was clearly unaware of the construction and a bit confused. Before I could  even process what I was seeing,  another man grabbed both of his shoulders,  gently pulled him out of the heavy flow of humans, and said  "where are you trying to go my man?"
I passed by the scene and continued up the stairs but then as I got to the next level I saw the man walking with him up the flight of stairs behind me. The helpful guy said "alright, I got to catch the train that's coming down there but if you continue going up 3 flights you'll reach the top." (yes, this is the Subway station from hell…4 huge flights beneath the ground)
Just as I was thinking I was the only one seeming  to notice this act of kindness a young woman  walked up and said,  "I'll help you up to the top. It's super crowded right now and a bit hard to navigate so do you mind if I hold your arm?"
I proceeded in front of them for a bit but  lost sight of them in all the chaos. 
I continued on my walk home feeling completely different than  I had just 10 minutes earlier.  This little bit of kindness that two  people showed a stranger…really inspired me.

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I can't promise you many things. I can't promise you there's a heaven. I can't promise you that you'll reach all of your goals in life. I can't promise you there's a God. I can't even promise you there'll be a tomorrow. But I can promise you this:  if you look for it and even sometimes if you don't, you will always find the goodness within others.
I'm aware this sounds ignorantly positive and  irritatingly unoriginal. However, those who truly know me, know I am really not always little miss sunshine. Those of you who do think that...and think you really know me…don't give yourself so much credit. I don't go around looking for only the good things in life and celebrating that like someone on uppers. I actually quite enjoy discussing and acknowledging the darkness within our world. Whether it be through writing or films, I think there's actually a certain beauty to the dark parts of humanity and life on this planet that needs to be explored and acknowledged.
I do, however, believe that with this bad,  there is always a little good. I believe in karma, in good energy, in the power of thoughts and allowing them to be as they are, in the importance of living fully in each and every moment and in the ability that each of us has to impact each other daily.
So, roll your eyes at this post that you could've been spared and the cliche "message" I am putting out. I don't care.  We all choose to live our lives in  different ways and if you like to only acknowledge the darkness then that's fine by me.
But I came home today and instead of lying on my couch  and responding to my sister's typical question  of how my day was with an unenthused "fine", I  opened my laptop wrote this out and feel energized to  unpack the many bags of clothes that have yet to be put in their proper place in my new  apartment and...who knows what else?
I got lucky today because I was reminded of the goodness in others, the potential life has to surprise you and that no day is ever fully bad. I needed that reminder  right when it came to me.
Instead of keeping this to myself... I thought maybe this could be your reminder.