I wanted to share an experience that happened yesterday which has fully restored my belief that there are genuinely kind and decent people out there.

At around 2pm, my partner and I were driving to a countryside pub just south of the M25 (London, UK), and about 0.5 miles away from a petrol station my car ran out of fuel. I pulled over with my hazards on, and wondered why the car behind wasn't overtaking.

They then pulled over and got out and asked if everything was OK. I explained we had just run out of fuel a moment short of the petrol station, and he instantly volunteered to drive down to the petrol station, fill up a jerry can of diesel and bring it back. This is a man who had 3 young kids and his partner in the car - yet he appeared to not think twice about helping us out in a moment of need. It was also 30+ degrees celsius in London yesterday and we would have been stuck with virtually no shade.

The whole experience was done in 10 minutes; he went straight down to the petrol station, purchased a jerry can and filled it up and brought it back. I sent him the money and we went on our separate ways. It also made me realise how selfless some people are, and that if I was behind a car pulling over I don't think I would think twice about just overtaking and carrying on.

I will keep an eye out for opportunities to pay it forward in the future, and just wanted to share this on the off chance he might see it! Thank you!