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About two years ago, we used our Timeshare exchange facility to go to Wales on a family holiday. Our party included my autistic son, my eighty something father-in-law and my mother-in-law who has alzheimer’s.

It was interesting to say the least.

Whilst unpacking the car I happened to pass the time of day with a lady who told me she was walking to the shops some distance away to buy some essential groceries.

I offered her a lift, as we were going to get some milk anyway.

She was somewhat surprised to find a complete stranger offering to help, and at first seemed reluctant to accept.

Thankfully, we managed to pursuade her it was no problem and she was very grateful.

The lady and her husband were from South Africa and it turned out there had been a complete misunderstanding over the documentation needed regarding the booking of their hire car.

As a result, instead of collecting their car at London and driving down to Wales, they had to take a taxi which cost a considerable amount of money for which they had not budgeted.

In addition, it also meant they would not be able to collect the car for which they had already paid until their documentation had been couriered over from South Africa.

This took several days, so as we had two cars in our party, we invited them to come around with us.

They accepted.

We became good friends and by the end of the week, we’d had a lot of fun, their English had improved tremendously and we discovered a lot about each other.

Upon their return to South Africa, Lynn sent me the most beautiful hand embroidered tapestry, which now has pride of place on my lounge wall.

She must have spent hours creating it and I feel honoured she gave it to me.

Anyway, today, she also sent me an e-mail and, yes, it is one of those things you’re asked to pass on.

It reminds us people are put in our lives for a reason, and not everyone has an ulterior motive for doing something.

It reminds me of one of my favourite films, Pay It Forward, and also of Zig Ziglar’s very famous quote, which just about every internet marketer and motivational speaker refers to at some point.

If you’d like to know what that is and whether you can identify with the content of the e-mail, please carry on reading…

What Goes Around – Comes Around

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 old Pontiac was still spluttering when he approached her with a smile on his face.

The old lady 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 those chills 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 tyre, 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 tyre, 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 Bryan. Any amount would have been all right as she’d already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped.

Bryan had never even thought 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 differently.

He told her 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 think of him.

Bryan 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, and 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 had written-

“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’s 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.”

Now you can think that’s a whole load of rubbish if you like, but as Zig Ziglar says -

“You can have everything in life you want, if you
will just help enough other people get what they want”.

People are put into our lives for a reason. Think about that and help when and if you can.

Remember the old saying -

“What goes around, comes around”

Take care