What goes around, comes around

Whether or not a true story, it's a beautiful lesson on how people should treat one another

One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her.Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry.

He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you.

He said, 'I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.'

Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.

As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid.

Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped.Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty, who h ad given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.

He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, 'And think of me.'

He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.

A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan .

After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old lady had slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin.

There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: You don't owe me anything. I have been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you.
Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.

Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard....

She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, 'Everything's going to be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.'


There is an old saying 'What goes around comes around.' Today I sent you this story, and I'm asking you to pass it on. Let this light shine.

 

Nice story Darlene

Reminds me of What you give out - you get back 10-fold

G

 

I love this story. Also, Clay Walker has a song out called "Chain of Love" pretty much the same thing
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/walker-clay/the-chain-of-love-9581.html

 

Well that must be where it came from, havn't heard it before, country makes me cry :cry, I cry at everything LOL

 

Any of you guys seen Pay it forward?If you haven't I recommend it-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223897/

The ending is hilarious

 

Not sure what movie you saw? The one I have seen many times have a sad, but uplifting ending. Surely not hilarious

 

I was joking "Yeah I'm fine I just have something in my eye:cry"

 

Loved that show, hilarious? made me cry - big surprise huh?

 

Its Evil,if you can sit through that without your bottom lip quivering you have a black heart

 

that was a neat story

really? country makes me writhe in pain, my ears feel like they are going to die

you, my friend, are one weird dude

 

Yep, I thought of 'Pay It Forward', as I was about half-way through the lyrics/read. It was one of those flicks I thought would be a bit of a 'girly' movie for me, but it wasn't, and yep, it was quite moving, i.m.o.

Always tried to live life that way, I ask for nothing, not even a good deed, in return. No, I'm definitely no 'saint', I don't even consider it particularly generous or magnanimous - it's just better to do some good in the world than not, I suppose. Not just knowing right, but doing it, does tend to 'come around', sooner or later - often when I'm least expecting it, or having some doubt about the whole nature of humanity, thing.

Nice to be reminded that there is still a lot of good in humanity. Maybe it's not that common or talked about as it used to be, and maybe not considered 'newsworthy', but enough to make a difference, i.m.h.o.

 

Think I'd rather cry, ouch

 

That's reward in itself isn't it?

 

I hear you, country music (sic) makes me cry too
but for different reasons than yourself i would imagine


Very nice story

 

Yes, I think so.