The Stranger Who Restored My Faith in People
Well, Mom always said, “Don’t talk to strangers.”
Anyway, I’ll give a couple of examples.
The first isn’t about one person but about the stories we hear every year. I don’t remember the names or places because they usually appear as short human-interest pieces on the news. A homeless person finds a wallet full of cash and tracks down the owner. An Uber driver discovers an expensive piece of jewelry or a bag full of money left in the back seat and returns it.
These are people who could easily have kept what they found. In some cases, they probably needed the money more than the owner did. Instead, they chose to do the right thing. Those stories always restore a little of my faith in people.
My second example is someone who was once a stranger to me but became someone I deeply admired.
He was born Cassius Clay and later became Muhammad Ali.
Most people remember the loud, brash showman who predicted every victory. But that was only part of who he was. The more I learned about him, the more I respected the man behind the public image. Yes I did read is Biography.
People often talk about faith and belief, but how many would walk away from everything because of their convictions?
Ali did.
When he was drafted during the Vietnam War, he refused to serve. His famous words were:
“I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong. No Viet Cong ever called me the N-word.”
The U.S. government stripped him of his heavyweight title and took away his boxing license. For more than three years, he couldn’t earn a living doing what he did best.
He could have backed down.
He didn’t.
Whether you agreed with his position or not, he accepted the consequences of his beliefs without compromise. That kind of integrity is rare.
I’ll never forget that.
For me, faith in people isn’t just found in random acts of honesty. It’s also found in those willing to sacrifice everything for what they believe is right. Those are the people who restore my faith in humanity.
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