I was sitting outside in our garden with my fiance today. People can see us when we sit there. We live close to the city centre, so there are quite a few people walking by. We ate dinner outside and talked.

I‘ve had a rough couple of months, fighting a hard depressive episode right now and been pretty mean to myself sometimes. I wasn‘t having the best day.

When this girl walked by, our eyes met and we smiled at each other. She was walking fast and had her head phones on. She stopped, took her head phones off and told me „you are beautiful.“ with a big smile on her face. Then just continued walking. I was so surprised and I actually cried a little. She made my day a little brighter and I am so glad that there are still people out there who show kindness.

Thank you for your kind words, dear stranger. They mean a lot. I didn‘t have the chance to tell you - you are a beautiful human too!