important lesson

The author learns that the smallest acts of kindness can make the biggest impact after stopping to help a worried elderly man stranded outside a shop with a broken phone. Instead of walking awayafter letting the man use their phone to call his son, the author decides to stay and talk with him for fifteen minutes until his son arrives. During their conversation, the man shares reflections on his life and leaves the author with a powerful reminder: “Sometimes, a person does not need a solution.