Grace from a Stranger

Stoicism For Everyone Podcast · Aug 16, 2026 · 9m

The woman at the coffee shop handed me my latte and said, this one is on me. I looked at her, confused. I do not know you, I said. She smiled and said, I know. But you looked like you needed a small act of kindness today. I almost cried. Not because I was having a particularly bad day. Because I had been so wrapped up in my own struggles that I had forgotten that kindness exists. I had forgotten that people can be good, that the world is not entirely cold, that grace can show up in the form of aBecome a supporter of this podcast…