This is a good one sis. thanks Syl Sugar Says: People are like stained glass windows: They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, But when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light shining from within.
----- Original Message ----- From: "delma bliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; "OurKitchenTable2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "JanetsKitchen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 6:28 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Never Judge > > > Never Judge > > "Some people!" snorted a man standing behind me in the long line at the > grocery store. > "You would think the manager would pay attention and open another line," > said a woman. > I looked to the front of the line to see what the hold-up was and saw a > well > dressed, young woman, trying to get the machine to accept her credit card. > No matter how many times she swiped it, the machine kept rejecting it. > "It's one of them welfare card things. Darn people need to get a job like > everyone else," said the man, standing behind me. > The young woman turned around to see who had made the comment. > "It was me," he said, pointing to himself. > The young lady's face began to change expression. Almost in tears, she > dropped the welfare card onto the counter and quickly walked out of the > store. Everyone in the checkout line watched, as she began running to Her > car. Never looking back, she got in and drove away. > After developing cancer in 1977 and having had to use Food stamps, I > learned > never to judge anyone, without knowing the circumstances of their life. > This > turned out to be the case today. > Several minutes later, a young man walked into the store. He went up to > the > cashier and asked if she had seen the woman. After he described her, the > cashier told him that she had run out of the store, gotten into her car, > and > drove away. > "Why would she do that?" asked the man. > Everyone in the line looked around at the fellow who had made the > statement > that upset the young woman so. > "I made a stupid comment about the welfare card she was using. Something I > shouldn't have said. I'm sorry," said the man. > "Well, that's bad, real bad, in fact. Her brother was killed in > Afghanistan > two years ago. He had three young children, and she has taken on that > responsibility. She's twenty years old, single, and now has three children > to support," he said in a very firm voice. > "I'm really truly sorry. I didn't know," he replied, shaking his head and > both his hands about. > The young man asked, "Are these paid for?" pointing to the shopping cart > full of groceries. > "The machine wouldn't take her card," the clerk told him. > "Do you know where she lives?" asked the man who had made the comment. > "Yes, she goes to our church," answered the young man. > "Excuse me," said the older man, as he made his way to the front of the > line. He pulled out his wallet, took out his credit card and told the > cashier, "Please use my card. PLEASE!" > The clerk took his credit card and began to ring up the young woman's > groceries. > "Hold on," said the gentleman. He walked back to his shopping cart and > began > loading his own groceries onto the belt to be included. "Come on people, > we've got three kids to help raise!" he said to everyone in line. > Everyone began to place their groceries onto the fast-moving belt. A few > customers began bagging the food and placing it into separate carts. > "Go back and get two big turkeys," yelled a woman, as she looked at the > man. > "NO" yelled the man. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks. The entire > store > became quiet for several seconds. "Four turkeys!" yelled the man. Everyone > began laughing and went back to work. > When all was said and done, the man paid a total of $1,646.57 for the > groceries. He then walked over to the side, pulled out his check book, and > began writing a check using the bags of dog food piled near the front of > the > store for a writing surface. He turned around and handed the check to the > young man. > "She will need a freezer and a few other things as well," he told the man. > The young man looked at the check and said, "This is really very generous > of > you." > "No," said the man. "Her brother was the generous one." > Everyone in the store had been observing the odd commotion and began to > clap. And I drove home that day feeling very American. We live in the Land > of the free, because of the Brave! Remember our Troops of Yesterday and > Today! > This was a great example of why we should be kind and patient. > Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear. > Author Unknown > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
