I was in a hurry and being a bit thoughtless the other day, and left my planner on the top of my truck. When it fell off, it was picked up by somebody who then called me to come and pick it up, since I had my number in there.
What was funny, is that it was immediately obvious to me that the person who called me was in a good mood because he had been given an opportunity to do a good deed. My stupidity was a proximate cause of his happiness. It would not be an exaggeration to say I did him a favor. By sheer chance, I knew this man, and had worked with him, and my experience had been that he was normally prone to being irritable.
He just called me about a project, and now we are old friends. He asked me if I’ve lost anything lately.
Watch this world, and you will see many interesting things.