The kindness of strangers: I was lost in the pouring rain – then a man came along with a big rainbow umbrella

Key points

• I was on my way to a birthday dinner but got lost in central Sydney’s labyrinth of streets, so I ducked into an internet cafe to look up directions to the restaurant.
• I then wrote those directions down by hand – such were the times!
• As I stepped out of the cafe, I realised just how bad the weather had become, and how ill-prepared I was for the rain.
• As I stood waiting to cross the road, swiftly getting wet, a man waiting for the lights in the opposite direction offered up his big rainbow umbrella to share.
• I gratefully accepted and, still a little unsure of where I was going, asked...