What Goes Around Comes Around
 

I have seen this many times, but it gives me goose bumps everytime!!!
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!

One day a man saw a 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 Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her...

Even with the smile on his face, she 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 that chill 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 tire, 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 tire... 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 him. Any amount would have been all right with her... She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped... Bryan never thought twice 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 other way...

He told her that 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 Bryan added, 'And think of me...

He 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... 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 q uickly 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 wrote: 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 is 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...

There is an old saying 'What goes around comes around.' Today I sent you this story, and I'm asking you to pass it on... Let this light shine…

Simply, pass this on to a friend

Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there...

~GOD BLESS!~

i loved it, thank you for making my day

I read a similar story years ago and remembered the part about passing it forward. Traveling on a very cold, late Dec. night we were almost home and a car filled with college students heading home from Christmas break, was stranded (flat tire) on the roadside in a construction area. It was a dangerous situation for them.

Long story short, the kids had no money, it was 1:00 AM, no place open. DH knows the owner of a local tire shop and called him. The store owner opened his shop and sold the group a used tire for $10 (DH paid for) The shop owner, then followed the group back to the stranded car and proceeded to help change out the tire. By then the battery had gone dead from running the emergency lights and their car had to be jumped.

The kids were so grateful and promises to send money were made. DH repeated the Pay it Forward story to them and insisted they forget about sending the money but to remember and help out someone less fortunate than they were.

Thank you for posting this - it's ALWAYS a good reminder!:)

This brought tears to my eyes..what a wonderful story..thank you for sharing and reminding us of how kind people can be.

That was so touching!! Thanks

Isn't that a Clay Walker song?

I don't know.. but come to think of it.. I have heard it somewhere. This was sent to me on myspace and I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to share it.

Thanks for the little story. Very touching and a great lesson. Hope my old brain can remember it and put it to use. Thanks.

Yeah thats a song by Clay Walker called "The Chain of Love".

oooh I got chills. Thank you SO much for sharing that with us.

That was great! Thanks for sharing!