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Saturday, August 15, 2009

A glass of Milk

Dear loving readers and visitors,

Trust the story below will inspire you the way it has inspired me. I decided to do so immediately after I finished reading it.




The story begins:-




One day, a poor boy was selling clothing door to door, to pay for his education realized that he only had ten cents left in his pockets. He was hungry and so decided to ask for some food at the next house that he came to.


In the meantime he lost his hungry when a beautiful young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal, he asked her for a glass of water.


She saw that he was very hungry so instead brought a huge glass of milk. He drank it very it very slowly and then asked, "how much do I owe you?"


"You do not owe me anything at all." she replied. " My mother taught us never to accept anything for doing someone a kindness."


He replied, " Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart."


When Howard Kelly left the house, as well as feeling stronger physically, he sensed a return of his faith in the Lord which he had nearly abandoned.


Years later, this same young woman fell gravely ill. The local doctors were mystified, so they sent her to the big city where they knew that specialists would be able to diagnose this rare sickness.


Doctor Howard Kelly was called a consultant. When he heard the name of the city where she lived, a memory burned brightly in his eyes.


He got up and went to her room. As he entered her room, he immediately recognized her. He returned to the consultation room, determined to do his beat to save her life.From that day on, her paid special attention to this case. After a long battle, the war was finally won.


Doctor Kelly left instructions that the bill should be sent to him for authorization. He looked it over, wrote something in the margin, and sent it to her room.


She thought that when she opened the envelope she would find the rest of her life to pay in full. But when she finally opened it.


Something caught her attention in the margin of the invoice.


She read these words: "Paid in full with a glass of milk, Doctor Howard Kelly.


Tears of joy filled her eyes and her heart. She prayed: "Thank you, Lord, for your love has crossed the hands and heart of man."


There is a saying that goes like this- Bread thrown over the water returns to you.


An act of goodness that you do today can come back to you or someone that you love, when you are not expecting it. If you do not see this act of goodness returned, at least you will have made a difference in this world. And in the end, isn't that what life is all about?







That's how the story ended...


Small gesture has great impact. So, never underestimate this little gesture throughout our daily lives. You may make a great difference through this little small gesture daily.


You now have a choice now. You may share this story with others or make belief that you were never touched by it.


May I conclude that the hardest lesson in life, is to know which bridges to cross, and which to burn.......


Many people pass through our lives but only real friends leave their imprint in our hearts..


Have a wonderful day,




James Oh

17 comments:

  1. this certainly is the best and most inspiring story i've read in a long long time, thank you!

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  2. Yeah, same here.
    Thanks brother James and I love your China trip's sharing.
    China is so beautiful!

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  3. A wonderful story. Beautiful message.

    Thanks James,
    PG

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  4. That is the beauty of the universal law of cause and effect. Thanks

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  5. Shadow, Sis Yoon See and PG,

    Thanks for your compliment. I am glad that it inspires you all too. I am sure you are able to imagine the impact if these small gestures are being carried out through our daily lives.

    I glad to hear that you too love my China's trip's sharing that really drive me to write a few more posts thereafter, sis Yoon See. I do agree that China is so beautiful.

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  6. Oh Cheah, Thanks for sharing with us your wise thoughts that this law is still applicable despite it is not being seen most of the times.

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  7. Good story. I'm sure there is no part of the moral of that story anyone reading this doesn't already know - yet we forget so easily. It's an important message I think we need to be reminded of more often. Thank you for this.

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  8. What a lovely story!!!!

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  9. Thank you for sharing this. It's a beautiful story, and a wonderful lesson. :D

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  10. Jackles,
    You are right, my friend. We need to remind each others.Thanks for your thought.

    Here, we see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they knew. knowing is not suffice! We need do take action.

    Have a blessed day,

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  11. Danyelle,

    You are always welcome and thanks should go the original writer. You have summed it up nicely.

    Thanks for your wise thought.

    Have a wonderful day,

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  12. Thank you, James, that was truly beautiful - what comes around goes around!

    Mary-Kay

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  13. Thanks for summed it up so well, FreedomFlyer,

    Have a blessed day,

    James

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  14. This family needs prayer.

    http://bloodtippedears.blogspot.com/2008/07/prayer-and-help-for-my-mom-carol.html

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  15. Thanks for your info.

    I will keep them in my prayers' list and let us pray for them.

    Have a blessed day,

    James

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  16. Whoa! From right hand drive Msian blog now switch to left hand drive China blog. Have done some facelift to your blog.Nice..

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  17. Mr Cheah,
    Thanks for your compliment and you are very observant and creative. I love the way you put it -"right hand drive to left hand drive." Another word, flexibility is the master key to all successes. I am trying to master this skill. Hope you are doing that as well, my good friend.

    Have a lovely weekend.

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