Sometime wealthy people get a bad rap which is why this story is so great. Actor Kevin Costner has had a very long and successful career as a producer, actor, director and as a musician. I had no idea he had his own country music band.
What I do know is that although he didn't win any awards for "The Untouchables" and "Field of Dreams", I loved him in those two movies and "Field of Dreams" is my favorite move of all-time. This story about him is not one I've ever read about and it's an incredible story.
In 1976 a very young Kevin Costner was going to an interview in rural Kansas when his car broke down. A farmer's wife picked him up and drove him 60 miles to the audition, waited four hours for hm, and then drove him back to his car. She refused any money from him and said, "Remember kindness."
In 1989, Costner was the star in "Field of Dreams" and it was his breakthrough. Years later he found the farmer's wife. She was 64 years old, alone, losing her farm, had no health insurance and was having trouble paying her bills.
Costner paid her medical bills for 38 years until she died at age 102. He spent $428,000. At one point he sent her a letter that said, "You drove me to my dreams and I'm driving you to peace."
"Remember kindness."
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