This elderly woman apparently couldn’t afford books, and so she would stand at the book racks in a grocery store, reading.

The manager put in a bench for her, so she would feel welcome and read in comfort.

Humans, given the opportunity, help one another. They have for as long as we can tell, and they will for as long as we can tell.

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Now, please do one more uplifting thing before you go back to the mundane. Here are a few suggestions:

• Buy someone a good book. Send it to them with a note, telling them precisely why it was important to you.
• Make a list of good books and give it to a young person.
• Ask your local bookstore if you can pay for X copies per month of a book you feel is important. Ask them to distribute those copies to whomever they feel would benefit from them.