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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 struggle, 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 water 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?
Now you have two choices.
1. You can send this page on and spread a positive message.
2. Or ignore it and pretend it never touched your heart.
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and
which -- To burn
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This one is so
true---Kindness pays at the end......
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