{"id":2887,"date":"2014-07-11T12:41:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerstinpur.de\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:20:30","slug":"a-smile-spreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/en\/ein-laecheln-breitet-sich-aus\/","title":{"rendered":"A smile spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_1074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2889\" src=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_1074-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1074\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>I pulled out my wallet in the best falafel shop in Berlin. After a long, intense, good day, I was hungry. Really hungry. But I only found 2.40 euros in my wallet. A falafel costs 3 euros. I asked the man behind the counter if I could have half a falafel as I didn't have enough money for a whole one. \"Sure, we'll do that!\" replied the nice man. \"I'd like to pay for it for you,\" said a woman in front of me. \"When I was in Israel a while ago, the exact same thing happened to me - and someone paid for me!\" She pulled out her wallet and we put our coins together for a delicious falafel. How lovely.<\/p>\n<p>After getting money from the bank, I went shopping for groceries. I asked the cashier: \"Can you give me 50 cent coins?\" \"No, I don't have any myself.\" \"You need 50 cents, I have some, said the woman behind me, exchanging one euro for two 50 cent pieces.\" I gave one of them to a homeless man standing outside the door.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I was rich. Not materially, but inwardly. The small wave of kindness that started in a snack bar in Israel has rolled all the way to Berlin. 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