Apparently, after receiving some help from a resident of Blackhall Colliery in Co Durham, an anonymous ‘donor’ has, over a period of five years, left packets of £20 notes in the streets as a way of saying ‘thank you’. Each packet contained £2,000 and, perhaps surprisingly, every single packet once picked up has been taken to the Police Station.
The anonymous donor said, as a result of receiving an act of kindness from a person living in the town they felt a ‘connection’ with the place and wanted to ‘repay that kindness’.
It has elements of the story of Zacchaeus in the New Testament as he ‘paid back’ all he owed to the residents of Jericho, plus ‘interest’!
Before we all book our holidays to Blackhall Colliery in the hope of coming by an unmarked package, The Times rather gave the impression that this way of doing things had now come to an end!
Yet, isn’t it interesting how kindness touches us, it’s a powerful force; and gratitude motivates us. Having been touched by kindness it sort of becomes infectious and we want to pass it on.
Perhaps the people of Blackhall Colliery have given us a story worthy of being considered a modern-day Parable.
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