Very nice story (Glass of milk).

Ano

Hall of Fame
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 the bottom of 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 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?!
 
awwww :cry: lovely...






.... however paying more attention to usual on her case, could have meant he didn't put necassary effort into numerous other patients who could have suffered :|
 

Deuce

Banned
Nice anecdote... but I don't see what it has to do with God.

It is entirely possible to be genuinely nice and compassionate and kind and respectful without following God - although one wouldn't know it. Those who are marketing God and/or one religion or other tend to make the possession of such capacities the exclusive domain of God fearing people, and that's simply not right. Nor is it in any way accurate.
 

Phil

Hall of Fame
After reading this, I think I'm gonna heave. Of course it's made up, or at least heavily embellished.
 

xtremerunnerars

Hall of Fame
A great story. A better one, however, is the one with the dollar bill.

I can't seem to find it...but basically a speaker is talking and someone is really depressed or something...so he uses a dollar bill (some amount) to make them feel better.

I don't want to ruin the story in case any of you can find it or tell it.
 

zapvor

G.O.A.T.
its a good story nonetheless. like cinderella and sleeping beauty. its melodramtic, overly embellished, but still makes for a great story. Pan's Labyrinth anyone?
 

raiden031

Legend
A couple of nights ago I was leaving the parking lot of my old apartment at around 9:30pm and a creepy-looking guy came running through the grass towards my driver side window and started looking at me. Unsure what he wanted, I rolled down the window a crack and asked what he wanted, and he said while out of breath that he ran out of gas down the road and needed cash. I didn't believe him, so I told him I had no cash and so he says "damn" and walks away. I felt bad because of the possibility that he was being truthful, but I didn't want to give him money with the risk that he was trying to deceive me. I figure most people who have a car also have an alternative method of payment like credit cards, and I couldn't see his car anywhere down the road, so he probably was lying.

I guess this is a story of me not giving the glass of milk. :grin:
 
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