#0383 Full circle

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Inner Peace Be Upon You

# 0383 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Full circle

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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 looked 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 had 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.

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.'

~Author Unknown~

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