Okay, this actually happened a
couple of months ago but I’m just now getting around to writing about it
because… well, you know me, life got in the way. So, you see, Ms. Spooky and I
were in the grocery store shopping and had just finished and headed to the
checkout line. We got behind this little
old lady who only had maybe 20-25 items in her cart and was half way through
checking out so we guessed it would be quick.
Well, we were wrong. The cashier
rang up the ladies purchase and told her the total. Now apparently the lady was
on a fixed income and was also using some type of government assistance
card. Anyway, the little lady swiped her
card and it was denied. So she fumbled
through her pocketbook and came up with some cash. The cashier helped her count it out and the
whole time the lady was apologizing for holding us up and making us wait. We just told her it was quite okay and to
take her time. In the end, she was around
$30 short of being able to pay for everything so she started trying to decide
what to put back. She had tears in her
eyes and was really embarrassed. I told
the cashier to not put anything back but to ring it all up on my bill and let
the lady take it with her. But to my
amazement, the lady refused. She said
she couldn’t do that and that it wasn’t right and started crying harder. She paid for what groceries she could and
then left the store.
We talked to the cashier about
that whole last part. She said she thought that the lady was really embarrassed
that she couldn’t support herself and that it embarrassed her even more that I
tried to help her. Is that where we are
today? When we reach out a helping hand to someone who needs it and they are
too embarrassed, too proud to take it? This lady was probably in her 70s
easily. I am quite sure in her 70 plus
years on this mortal coil, she has reached out and offered a helping hand to
someone in need. But now, when she needed it she couldn’t accept it because of
her pride? I hope that I get a chance to help her again one day. That I get a chance to show her what Love 4
One Another is really about and that she will accept it this time. After all, we only get a few chances to make
a difference in this world and we have to take advantage of them when we
can. If you can make a difference in
just one person’s life for just one moment, then it is truly a good day!
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