Woman finds $100 on the floor of Walmart with a powerful message from a stranger

This story could be straight from a movie, where characters stumble upon something precious. But such cinematic moments also happen in real life, as this incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, beautifully illustrates. According to Queen City News, Julia Stultz and her family's ordinary grocery run at a local Walmart took an unexpected turn.

In the children's clothing section, Stultz's son noticed an envelope on the floor. Driven by curiosity, she turned the envelope over to find a heartfelt message: "With Love, Amen." However, there was more to the envelope than a simple message full of love and blessings. The flip side of the envelope read: “If this card has found you, open it – it’s yours. God is continually blessing you.”

The Stultz family opened the envelope, finding an unexpected surprise inside. They were greeted by a beautiful greeting card and five crisp $20 bills. It's unusual to find $100 lying around, so Stultz was understandably surprised. There was an additional message inside the envelope that read: "May this gift bring you a little peace today. One day, please pay it forward. May the blessings of God be on you always! Your friend.”

The note and money, left behind by a stranger, awed Stultz. She shared more about the heartwarming gesture in a chat with the outlet. Stultz said she may never have the chance to say thank you to the person who left it, but she is very thankful. Other Walmart shoppers were thrilled to hear about the anonymous good deed. “I’ve always wondered if there was stuff like that in the world and I’ve always said if I have the chance to pay it forward, I would absolutely do it,” Akili Omari, another Walmart shopper told the outlet. 

In a similar story, a woman on TikTok narrated how she aided a homeless man with food and drink and booked him a cab ride to anywhere he wanted to go. @wherestayo on TikTok shared her unusual encounter with a man in her neighborhood who was possibly trying to break into an empty apartment in order to find a place to sleep.  "My cat runs in the door and like, gives me this look that I've never seen her give me," she recalled in the video, "So, I knew something was up outside. I opened the door, and I kid you not, I watched a man look through the windows of my neighbor's apartment, walk down and try to open the door. I was like, what do I do? He's clearly breaking in."

Instead of confronting him head-on or alerting other neighbors about the situation, she simply decided to ask the man "what he needs." Taylor's intention was to help him rather than berate him. So, she decided against calling the cops and made the man sit on her porch, eventually preparing him a burrito and booking him an Uber ride too. May these acts of kindness ripple outward, reminding us that generosity still thrives.

Editor's note: This article was originally published on October 27, 2023. It has since been updated.