Brooke Ochoa was entering a local restaurant to grab a meal. As she was walking in she overheard an elderly woman's conversation.
The woman requested a table for one. What Brooke did next, according to her, is the "best decision" she made all year. There's an old proverb that goes: A stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet.
I think, after you read Brooke's story, that you'll take the old saying a little more seriously.
"Obstacles don't have to stop you…if you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up, figure out how to climb it, work around it or go through it," Brooke says in a Facebook post.
She clearly lives her life with the glass half full, so when she saw someone eating alone she took it as an opportunity to spread a little joy.
It's acts of kindness like this that keep us all a little sane in a pretty chaotic world. When Rachael Scott saw another family in need at the grocery store, she didn't hesitate, she bought them the things they needed and asked for nothing in return.
What Brooke did for this woman, most people wouldn't dream of. But in one instant, she made the world a better place.
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"Today I went to eat at a restaurant for lunch and I saw this elder lady coming from afar so I waited to hold the door for her, she was very thankful and sweet."
"She then told the waitress, 'table for one,' so I waited and hesitated but then I walked over and said, 'I'm eating by myself too would you like to have lunch together?' She was ecstatic! Come to find out she spent the last decade living with her mom who recently passed away and her aunt who recently was put into a nursing home, so she has been having a hard time being alone."
"We had a wonderful talk, and she just kept smiling and saying thank you for listening to me, which made me smile too! Her words healed my heart just as much as I healed her lonely one. By far the best decision I've made all year!!! Her name is Delores, and we will be having lunch every Thursday from now on."
Since Brooke shared her story, it has gotten over 2.2 million likes and 275,000 shares.
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