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WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.
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An actual event!
One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but
even In the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he
pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was
still sputtering when he approached her.
Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped
to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't
look safe; he looked poor and hungry.
He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the
cold. He knew how she felt. It was that
chill which only fear can put in you.
He said, 'I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car
where it's warm? By the way, my name is
Bryan Anderson.'
Well, all she had was a
flat tire, but for an old
lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a
place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he
was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands
hurt. As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the
window and began To talk to him. She told him that she was from St.
Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn't thank him
enough for coming to her aid.
Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much
she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She
already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had
he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was
not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows
there were plenty, who had given him a hand in the past.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time
she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the
assistance they needed, and Bryan added, 'And think of me.'
He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a
cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home,
disappearing into the twilight.
A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to
grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last
leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside
were two old gas pumps. The waitress came over and brought a clean
towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even
being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed
that the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never
let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered
how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then
she remembered Bryan ..
After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar
bill. The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar
bill, but the old lady had slipped right out the door. She was gone
by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the
lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin.
There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: 'You
don't owe me anything. I have been there too. Somebody once helped
me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back,
here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you.'
Under the napkin were 4 more $100 bills.
Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to
serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when
she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about
the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have
known how much she and her
Husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be
hard....
She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to
her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low,
'Everything's going to be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.'
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