WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND

One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, and 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 seeing the smile on his face, she got 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.

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 gotten 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.

When she insisted, 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, "Think of me."

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, before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. 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 had not erased. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she did not let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone like that 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, but the old lady had slipped right out the door and was gone by the time the waitress came back. 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. 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!

There were tables to clear and people to serve, but the waitress made it through the day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she thought 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 so 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 you read this story, pass it on if you think it is worth. You never know.
God works in his ways & sometimes puts people in our lives for a reason.

Nasihat Bijak Konfusius Bagi Pria (dan Wanita) yang Sudah Menikah

Jangan pernah menertawakan pilihan istrimu; kamu adalah salah satu pilihannya.

Jangan pernah menyombongkan pilihanmu; istrimu adalah salah satunya.

SEMUA KARENA TUHAN

Seorang pria sedang bermain-main dengan anak kecilnya, sementara istrinya sedang bekerja di dapur. Ayah yang sangat mencintai anaknya itu berjalan mengelilingi rumah sambil memanggul anaknya itu di atas pundaknya. Ketika mereka sampai di tengah rumah, sang ayah membiarkan anaknya itu berdiri di atas pundaknya dan menggapai ke atas untuk menyentuh kayu penyangga atap.
Setelah berhasil memegang kayu penyangga atap, anak kecil itu sangat senang dan berteriak, "Mama.. Mama..., lihat, ayo lihat ke sini... Sekarang saya lebih besar dari Ayah... Lihat ! Saya bisa menyentuh kayu penyangga atap sedangkan ayah tidak bisa."

Sambil tersenyum ibunya berusaha menyenangkan hati anak kecil itu dan berkata, "Wuah... Hebat sekali, kamu sungguh seorang anak yang besar dan kuat."
Kemudian sang ayah meminta anaknya agar berpegangan erat-erat pada kayu itu dan perlahan-lahan sang ayah mulai merendahkan diri.. lalu membiarkan anak itu bergantung sendirian.. Kini anak kecil itu menjerit ketakutan karena pijakannya tidak ada lagi.
"Ayah.. Ayah.. Tolong jangan tinggalkan saya.. Tolong ayah..."

PESAN MORAL :
Nah..!! Bukankah seringkali kita bersikap seperti anak kecil tadi, ketika kita berhasil melakukan sesuatu yg baik dan hebat, kita lalu merasa bahwa diri kita sungguh hebat dan luar biasa, padahal di balik keberhasilan kita ada seorang Ayah yg tidak pernah meninggalkan kita dan Dialah yg sebenarnya telah membuat kita berhasil, yaitu TUHAN kita.
Jadi jangan pernah menyombongkan kesuksesan ataupun keberhasilan kita, karena bukan kemampuan kita yang membuat kita berhasil namun tangan TUHAN yang telah membuat kita berhasil...!