@Melodie-And-John0
Thanks Melodie and John. I can't quite fit it into a sentence but can I tell you about a recent event.
I was a few months ago in a supermarket queue when a customers credit card was declined These card declines generally seem to happen in the fast lane with someone who only has a few cents to throw around…..they happen out of desperation! I was behind an elderly gentleman…..well (in retrospect) about the same age as me at that point, about 75 and his card was declined! His shoulders slumped as though he almost expected it, but before he had the opportunity to haggle with the check-out operator over which items he should leave off his shopping list I motioned the checkout chick to cancel the transaction and put his goods through with mine. He turned to me and said….”Sir, you can’t do that”! and I said to him….”Mate, one day you can do the same for me”! He squeezed my shoulder, left with his groceries…..and life went on!
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Our paths did cross a couple of times, Mt Barker being a relatively small town of 35,000 inhabitants and each time I asked how he was getting on he said, life was tough but ok, he was managing.
A few weeks ago he turned up at our door one afternoon with $32.47 in cash (the amount of his original supermarket bill which his card had declined), a dozen champagne for my wife Ade and a dozen really nice red wines for me…….information he had noted from our couple of meetings.
He invested $6.00 in a ‘scatchy’ lottery ticket and hit a $35,000 jackpot and wanted to make sure he repaid those who had helped him.
That $32.47 gift returned me over $400 in fine wine........ and a possible lifelong friendship!
Look for the best in situations........You never know where a good deed might take you!
Cheers……Rob