Random Acts- The Unknowing Benefactor

I've had a long day. There's a woman at work I want to slap into unconsciousness. My oil desperately needs to be changed and I have a tire that must be filled with air every three to five days (some financial obligations just never make it to the top of the list. It was either buy groceries or replace the tire). I slept horribly last night because I was stressing about school and I ended up waking up an hour earlier than usual. Thinking I'd get to work early and spend some time reading, I soon realized that I was out of gas and needed to put air in my ghetto tire. I arrived at work about thirty minutes early and started what was to be a ridiculously long day. I got stuck on the freeway on the way home because of a fender bender so I got home about fifteen or twenty minutes later than usual. I rested for about an hour, or rather sat in front of the computer in a state of unrest, then headed to school. As usual, the parking ticket machine was broken. Just as I was about to curse higher education, gainful employment, and modern transportation, I heard a soft voice say, "Hey". I turned and there was a man holding a perfectly good parking ticket out of his window. I smiled and excitedly thanked him. As I drove away to park, I burst into tears. All day long I'd suffered minor to no-so-minor atrocities and it all ended with a single act of kindness from a stranger. It wasn't the ticket that brought on the tears. It was the fact that after all I'd been through someone saw fit to do one nice thing for me. Sometimes that's all it takes