Inspiring Story: The Wall Of Resentment..

A story tells of a merchant in a small town who had

identical twin sons. The boys worked for their father

in the department store he owned and, 

when he Died, they took over the store.

Everything went well until the day a twenty-dollar bill 

disappeared. One of the brothers had left the bill

on the cash register and walked outside with

A customer. When he returned, the money was gone.

He asked his brother, "Did you see that twenty-dollar bill

on the cash register?" His brother replied that he had not.

But the young man kept probing and Questioning.

He would not let it alone. "Twenty-dollar bills

just don't get up and walk away! Surely you must

have seen it!" There was subtle accusation

In his voice. Tempers began to rise. Resentment set in.

Before long, a deep and bitter chasm divided 

the young men. They refused to speak. 

They finally Decided they could no longer work together 

and a dividing wall was built down 

the center of the store. For twenty years hostility

and bitterness grew, Spreading to their 

families and to the community. 

Then one day a man in an automobile licensed in 

another state stopped in front of the store. 

He walked in and asked the clerk, "How long 

have you been Here?" The clerk replied that

he'd been there all his life. The customer said, 

"I must share something with you. Twenty years ago 

I was 'riding the rails' and Came into this town in a boxcar.

I hadn't eaten for three days. I came into this store

from the back door and saw a twenty-dollar bill 

on the cash register. I put it in my pocket and 

walked out. All these years I haven't been able

to forget that. I know it wasn't much money,

but I had to come back and ask your Forgiveness."

The stranger was amazed to see tears well up in the eyes

of this middle-aged man. "Would you please go next door

and tell that same story to the man in The store?"

he said. Then the man was even more amazed to see 

two middle-aged men, who looked very much alike, 

embracing each other and weeping together 

In the front of the store. 

After twenty years, the brokenness was mended. 

The wall of resentment that divided them came down.

Lesson to Learn from The Story

It is so often the little things - like resentments - 

that finally divide people. And the solution,

of course, is to let them go. There is really nothing

Particularly profound about it. But for fulfilling 

and lasting relationships, letting them go is a must.

Refuse to carry around bitterness and 

you may Be surprised at how much energy you have left 

for building bonds with those you love 

Author Unknown