Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered some very inspirational speeches during his time as the 32nd President of the United States. One of the quotes from his speeches that I am particularly fond of is this:

I practice it all the time, and I strongly believe in it.

However, I have met the ten percent of that quote frequent enough for me to come to the conclusion that kindness and honesty are rarities in our world today, almost extinct in fact (very much like the Dodo birds).

I was too quick to surmise the rest of humanity based on the encounters that I have experienced. Admittedly, I was also too rash and short-sighted in summing up the ten percent as the majority.

Because... I received a phone call last Friday which proved to me that honest people with kind hearts are very much alive and kicking.

About a month ago, I placed an order for several items at iHerb, paid for it and waited anxiously for the parcel to arrive.

Days became weeks and after a fortnight, I checked the shipping address and realised that I forgot to include the name of my company when I was filling in the online form. I only included the address of my company and seeing that my office is located in an industrial zone with plenty of companies around, I assumed that my package was probably a goner already.

Last Friday, I received a call from a lady who had the same first and family name as myself, whose office was located within the same industrial zone. My order was wrongly delivered to her and she took the effort to track down my contact number so that the items could be returned to their rightful owner.

I went to collect my package from her associate this morning (she informed me beforehand that she wouldn't be in the office today)...