Inspiring Story: Kindness Pays

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.

Young woman thought he looked hungry so she brought him

a large glass of milk. He drank it 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 payment for a kindness." 

He said... "Then I thank you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt; stronger 

physically, but his faith in God and mankind was strong also. 

He had been ready to give up and quit.

Years later that 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 the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Howard Kelly 

requested the business office to pass the final bill to him 

for approval. He looked at it, and 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 as 

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 abroad 

through human hearts and hands."

Moral: When a flower blooms, its colour and scent 

first touch the garden near it, and then spread. 

In the same way, The acts of human kindness 

should first touch those nearest to him, 

his family and his neighbours.

Power of Positive Thinking: Which One Are You?

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father

 that her life was miserable and that she didn't know 

how she was going to make it.

She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. 

It seemed just as one problem was solved, another 

one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots 

with water and placed each on a high fire.

Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes 

in one pot, eggs in the second pot and ground coffee beans 

in the third pot.

He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to 

his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, 

wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took 

the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. 

He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. 

He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.

Turning to her, he asked. "Daughter, what do you see?" 

"Potatoes, eggs and coffee," she hastily replied.

"Look closer", he said, "and touch the potatoes." 

She did and noted that they were soft.

He then asked her to take an egg and break it. 

After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought 

a smile to her face.

"Father, what does this mean?" she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans 

had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However, 

each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard 

and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its 

liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. 

Then the inside of the egg became hard.

However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were 

exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created 

something new.

"Which one are you?" he asked his daughter. "When adversity 

knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, 

an egg, or a coffee bean?"

In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but 

the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.

Which one are you? When problems come (and they will) how 

will we react? Will they make us weak, hard hearted or will 

they cause us to change into something worthwhile?

Motivational Quote: "Happiness is not something you find, 

it's something you create."

Inspirational Quote: "Smile in pleasure, smile in pain; 

Smile when trouble pours like rain; Smile when someone hurts you, 

Smile coz someone cares for you."

Author: Unknown

Inspiring Story: Think Positively

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat 

by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, 

please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat. 

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from 

his pocket and dropped them into the hat. 

He then took the sign, turned it around, and 

wrote some words. He put the sign back so that 

everyone who walked by would see the new words. 

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were 

giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man 

who had changed the sign came to see how things were. 

The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you 

the one who changed my sign this morning? 

What did you write?' 

The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. 

I said what you said but in a different way.' 

What he had written was: 

'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.' 

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were 

saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. 

But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. 

The second sign told people they were so lucky 

that they were not blind. Should we be surprised 

that the second sign was more effective? 

Moral of the Story:

   

Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. 

Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Author: Unknown