I sent out an email to my group of friends asking them to send along their kindness stories and my good friend, Sarah did not disappoint! Here's her kindness story (and it's an amazing one!).

When I was about 23 I was traveling from Portugal to France on an overnight train by myself. In my mind, I had planned to get off in Nice, however, I fell asleep somewhere in the northern part of France and missed my stop. It was late at night, I didn't know much French and I was all alone.

When I woke up I heard the train director say that the next stop was the city of Cannes. So I frantically pulled out my travel book and began looking up hostels that might be close to the station. I had no idea if there would be availability at any of the hostels that were listed or if it would be possible to get to them safely so late at night.

I ended up using my humble french to ask a couple sitting near me if I could by any chance use their cell phone to call a hostel and they graciously accepted my plead. A few rows back, a young french girl must have overheard me and sensed my stress. When I got off the phone she moved into the seat next to me and told me that she had a car at the station and would be happy to drive me around Cannes to see if I could find a place to stay the night.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing and not having any other options I put my faith in this stranger and accepted her offer. We ended up driving to 3 different hostels, all of which had no availability.

So, Segolene, ended up offering me a place on the floor at her apartment for the night. She said that she had been planning a solo backpacking trip through South East Asia and wanted to do this in hopes that during some time of need on her trip, someone would take the same mercy on her.

I would have been roaming the dark streets of Cannes scared out of my mind for an evening if she had not been so generous and willing to take a chance on a stranger.