A random act of kindness always makes for a heartwarming story, but in Terry LeFaver's case, it's much more.
When he decided to become the "grocery giver" of his local Giant Food Store in East Manchester, PA, it changed his life — and the lives of others — forever.
"You never know what the person that you're getting for — what their life is like," Terry explains in the video below, posted on January 26, 2017.
Terry makes it his duty to buy groceries for the disabled as well as for elderly couples. He goes to his local Giant and nods to each cashier to signal that he is going to pay for their current customer's goods.
"They know that means I'm paying for that person," he says.
Terry is very distinct with his generosity, explaining, "I don't call it paying it forward because I know that the people I'm picking won't be able to pay it forward."
He approaches one elderly couple at the checkout line as their groceries are being scanned. Terry, out of the kindness of his heart, tells the wife, "I just want you to have a nice day," and hands the cashier a small stack of money.
The woman replies, "Well, that's very nice, but you shouldn't be doing that!"
Little does she know that this is Terry's way to find happiness through a difficult struggle of his own: depression.
In his darkest contemplative days, Terry wondered, "Maybe he's got more in store for me than what I think and maybe I should start giving back to other people."
That one thought changed Terry's entire outlook on life. Being a grocery giver provided Terry with a positive purpose.
To Terry, these kind actions don't always have to be monetary ones. "Before you ask, like some people do, 'Are you rich?' — no," Terry says firmly.
Thanks to Terry and his new calling, many of the less fortunate people in the East Manchester community are now being looked after.
"He's an angel," says the husband of one of the couples he's helped. "Yup. That's all he could be. An angel."
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Thumbnail Image Source: Flickr / Ron Cogswell
