Riya had one unusual habit.
She always looked for something good in every person she met.
No matter who it was — a stranger, a coworker, even someone rude — she tried to find at least one good thing about them.
Her friends often mocked her.
“Riya, the world is not that nice.”
“You’ll get hurt if you keep trusting people.”
“You’re too positive. Life isn’t like that.”
Riya would simply smile and say,
“Maybe life shows different faces to different people.”
One rainy morning, Riya went to her usual café.
The barista, a young man, looked irritated and tired.
He messed up her order twice.
Most customers snapped at him.
Some rolled their eyes.
One lady even yelled.
But Riya just said,
“It’s okay. Happens.
I hope your day gets better.”
The barista paused — as if someone had turned off all the noise around him.
“No one… said something nice to me today,” he whispered.
Riya smiled gently, “Well, someone had to start.”
A few minutes later, he returned with her drink and said,
“It’s on the house. Thank you.”
She hadn’t asked for anything.
But kindness has a habit of returning home.
Months passed.
Riya continued living the same way —
seeing good, speaking gently, offering hope when she could.
One day, she lost her job due to company layoffs.
Many coworkers were angry, blaming the world, fate, luck, each other.
But something unexpected happened:
Within two days, three ex-colleagues reached out to her with job referrals.
All three said the same thing in different words:
“You were always kind to us.
We won’t let you struggle alone.”
Riya hadn’t realized her behavior had silently built an army of goodwill.
A month later, she attended an interview at a new company.
The manager walked into the room — and she instantly recognized him.
It was the barista from the coffee shop.
He smiled widely,
“I never forgot how you made my worst day easier.”
The interview was short.
The manager said, “Honestly? You’re hired.”
Riya laughed in disbelief.
“Why so quickly?”
He replied with a line she never expected:
“The world needs people who see the good.
They help the rest of us remember it’s still there.”
The Message of the Story
People often think positivity is foolish.
But life has a strange rule:
If you look at the world with fear, you’ll meet fear.
If you look at it with hate, you’ll meet resistance.
But if you look for good — even small pieces of it —
the world will find ways to bring that goodness back to you.
The world is not perfect.
People are not perfect.
Life is not perfect.
But what you focus on eventually finds its way back into your life.
And Riya?
She didn’t change the world.
She just allowed the world to reflect back the light she chose to give.
You grow the moment you realize that not everything deserves a reaction, but everything deserves your peace!!
K
“यः अन्तः शान्तिं वहति, तस्य बाह्यं जगत् अपि सौम्यं भवति!!” – K
For the one whose vision is pure and kind, everything in life becomes a blessing!!
K
