I’m thankful for the kindness and compassion of strangers. via /r/gratitude

I’m an adult orphan and im soooo thankful for the kindness of strangers..

I have a family but they always push me to be strong and figure things out on my own.

When im down, they kick me down more and seize the opportunity. If nice, it’s also to torture me at the same time.

Today, there was a double tornado in our city and we had to bunker down.

I didn’t want to be alone so I left my place to pick up a few hours.

As I was wrapping up my shift driving, I got a national weather alert that a tornado was touching down on our city and the cities alarms started to go off.

I quickly exited to the first store I saw.

I ran in and let the cashiers know my predicament and if they had anywhere for me to bunker down and they said just to go to the bathroom.

I go and customers are going in and out.

I then go back to the front very shaken.

The ladies at the front get a call from their boss and everyone must leave.

The lady signals for me to go hide in the bathroom and I do.

The cashiers kick everyone out, hang a sign, and lock the doors.

They let me stay.

So there I was with 3 other women who let me stay and hide in a place in the store as the boss checked in on them.

Im talking and the boss hears and they let the boss know they let me stay.

As we stayed in the store together surrounded by tornadoes, I was sooo thankful they let me stay with them.

In life I have to do every single thing on my own and navigate this life with little to no support and lots of social games along the way and constantly getting demeaned. Especially with the rise of being a feminist, most women are left with no choice but to be forced into a category of handling it all successfully in every area.

It’s a lot and I mostly feel like im drowning and without oxygen.

I also meet alot of toxic people.

But I was soooo thankful for such kind strangers who took me under their wing, gave me a little store snack, and let me get a free drink as we waited together until our city was in the clear.

Although, my family checked on me, the toxic ones used it as an opportunity to pick at me.

The day was so heavy and stressful but I was extremely thankful for the kindness and compassion strangers had for me.

I’m thankful for inhaling a breath of fresh air.