Louise Redden, a poorly
dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store.
She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked
if he would let her charge a few groceries. She softly explained that her
husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children and they
needed food. John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested
that she leave his store. Visualizing the family needs, she said: 'Please, sir!
I will bring you the money just as soon as I can." John told her he
could not give her credit, as she did not have a charge account at his store.
Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation
between the two. The customer walked forward and told the grocer that he would
stand good for whatever she needed for her family. The grocer said in a very
reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery list? Louise replied, "Yes
sir". "O.K." he said, "put your grocery list
on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give
you that amount in groceries." Louise, hesitated a moment with a
bowed head, then she reached into her purse and took out a piece of paper and
scribbled something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale
carefully with her head still bowed. The eyes of the grocer and the
customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down. The
grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said
begrudgingly, "I can't believe it." The customer smiled and the
grocer started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales. The scale
did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until
the scales would hold no more. The grocer stood there in utter disgust.
Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with
greater amazement. It was not a grocery list; it was a prayer, which
said: "Dear Lord, you know my Needs and I am leaving this in your
hands". The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood
in stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store. The customer
handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said, "It was worth every
penny of it." Only God Knows how much a prayer weighs.
Remember the five simple
rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart
from hatred.
2. Free your mind
from worries.
3. Live
simply.
4. Give
more.
5. Expect
less.
No one can go back and
make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun
without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears,
and light for the way.
It's better to lose your
pride to the one you love, than to lose the one you love because of
pride.
We spend too much time
looking for the right person to love or finding fault with those we already
love, when instead we should be perfecting the love we give.
Never abandon an old
friend. You will never find one who can take his place. Friendship is
like wine, it gets better as it grows older.
We will not be
remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the
breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath.
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