This was back when my son was small and just after moving to Australia. At the time, I didn’t have a car so I had to get the train everywhere.

We had been to a supermarket to get some supplies and we were waiting for the train to what was home at the time. On seeing me with a three year old, a young university student asked if she could carry the bags onto the train for me while I made sure my son wasn’t up to too much mischief getting on the train.

I don’t think that she knew how grateful I was that day for that simple bit of help. I was taken aback by this at the time as it wouldn’t have happened in England in the same situation and only being in Australia for a couple of weeks at the time made it feel a little more like home.

There is kindness out in the world and if you can share that I think the work will be a little better.