| Account Disabled
Status: Offline Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0  Join Date: Mar 2006 Way of Life: Undisclosed |  Re: Short Stories -
06-13-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hajar  GLASS OF MILK One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to
door to pay his way through school, found he had only
one thin dime left, and he was hungry.
He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman
opened the door.
Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She
thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass
of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, How
much do I owe you?"
You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has
taught us never to accept pay for a kindness."
He said ... "Then I thank you from my heart."
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt
stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was
strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.
Many year's later that same young woman became
critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They
finally sent her to the big city, where they called in
specialists to study her rare disease.
Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation.
When he heard the name of the town she came from, a
strange light filled his eyes.
Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the
hospital to her room.
Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He
recognized her at once.
He went back to the consultation room determined to do
his best to save her life. From that day he gave
special attention to her case.
After a long strugle, the battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the
final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then
wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to
her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it
would take the rest of her life to pay for it all.
Finally she looked, and something caught her attention
on the side of the bill. She read these words ...
"Paid in full with one glass of milk"
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart
prayed: "Thank You,
God, that Your love has spread broad through human
hearts and hands."
There's a saying which goes something like this: Bread
cast on the waters comes back to you. The good deed
you do today may benefit you or someone you love at
the least expected time. If you never see the deed
again at least you will have made the world a better
place - And, after all, isn't that what life is all
about?
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to
cross and which -- To burn ... | bump |
| |  |