Very nice to read @Spanky
I’m far from perfect, but I too do things like this. I open and hold doors, let others go before me, I bring food to homeless people on the street (I used to give money, but I was told that wasn’t the best as they may buy booze or drugs) so I began giving food to them.
I also wanted to set a good example for my 3 children. When we’d be out, I’d pay for an older person’s meal in a restaurant, without that person knowing as I told the waitress to NOT let them know who had paid for their meal. I wasn’t doing it so that person could recognize and thank me.
One time it was Valentine’s Day evening and an older lady, think 70 something years old, was eating alone. I assumed, I know that’s not the best, but I assumed she’d lost her partner yet there she was, going out to eat alone on Valentine’s night in a restaurant. I paid for her meal without her knowing.
One day it was cold, windy and rainy outside. Think like 38 degrees. The power had gone out and some poor cop was directing traffic in a busy intersection in the cold, wind and rain as the traffic lights were out due to no power.
I was in line on the street and I saw a McDonald’s on the corner so I went and got a large hot coffee. I got back into line, when it was my turn to go through the intersection, I stopped and offered the coffee to the cop.
He was instantly on guard and I can’t blame him. He looked in saw my 3 young kids in the car with me and I told him I’d just gotten this from that McDonald’s right there for him due to the weather.
He ended up taking it and he drank from it (worried someone could be trying to poison him, a cop etc.).
After my divorce, on Xmas day I’d take my 3 kids to a nursing home each day on Xmas day. I did NOT know anyone in there mind you. So why did I go there with my 3 children?
For the old folks in there. I knew some would’t have any visitors from family even though it was Xmas day.
You should have seen the eyes of some of the older women in there. They lit up. My youngest jumped up on their laps to excitedly tell them what Santa had brought for him. He was 4 years old that first xmas when I did that.
Several of the women there cried. I wasn’t just doing it for the old folks either, but for my children, to learn to do things like that, to see it being done, to let them see their dad doing such things for others.
I’ve donated, a lot, to the abused women and children shelter’s in some cities I’ve lived in.
In one church they passed the collection basket separately for that but I didn’t want to put such a huge amount of money in there as I didn’t want someone to steal it, so I went up after the service to give it to the pastor in a big envelope. She talked ahead of time about there being a special collection for the abused women and children’s shelter so I made a stop to my bank before that Sunday.
I’ve volunteered for years for the homeless through churches I’ve attended, even when married to my 1st wife with our 3 children. It took time away from them, but it was worth it to me and I was trying to set an example of service for my children.
When buddies and friends call for others to help them move, many suddenly become very busy. I’d rarely not be able to help a person who asked me to help them move (locally I mean).
I mean, I’m just trying to follow the Golden Rule. I know many others do, like you and I’m grateful so many others do things like this too. I wish a lot more would do such things though.
One last example. In our 30’s, when still married to my 1st wife, 8 of us, 4 couples, all of us in our 30’s, with kids went to the same church. In fact, all 4 of us lived in our same small subdivision. We were good friends with all of them.
One summer we met in the evenings at church at 6 p.m. for a bible class together, the 8 of us.
The wives began bringing snacks, and it grew bigger and bigger and it was damn near a Thanksgiving meal each Sunday nigh there.
I brought up to the group a few times that we should go and do things, serve in some way, help others, the elders, do yard work or things. Zero traction from any of them, even from my wife.
A few weeks later I quit going to that Sunday evening bible class with them and instead I went to do things for others. They wanted to sit inside the AC, eat all the food and chit chat.
Nothing wrong with that folks, I know, we all did that other times but this was a bible class and it quickly went out the window, talk had nothing to do with the bible or books we were supposed to be reading and discussing. It turned into a normal get together, like we were at each other’s homes.
I had enough so I quit going to that Sunday night “bible” class.
I’ve been behind kids like 8 or 9 years old in line in McDonalds. Their parents are out in the car outside and the kids place the order from their parents and the total costs more money than the parents gave them. The 8 or 9 year old kids didn’t know what to do. The teens behind the counter are asking them what they want removed from the order, the kids are afraid, don’t know what to say so I told the teens working behind the counter I’d pay for the difference. I didn’t do it for their parent’s, but for the scared kids there trying order the food.
Good on ya Spanky. Somehow I’m not surprised you do such things.
Don’t worry, I won’t tell others you’re really a nice guy! 
I still get bugged when I give others right of way to pass while driving and some don’t bother to say thanks after 
even at zebra crossing you’ll get those who are lovely and say thanks and then others just are oblivious or stuck in their phones to even look up to say thanks or let alone look where they are walking 