Act of
Kindness
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to
door to pay his way through school, found that he had only one thin dime left,
and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house and
hope for an act of kindness. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young
woman opened the door.
Instead of a meal, he asked for a drink of water. She
thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it
slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?” “You don’t owe me anything,”
she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept payment for an act of kindness.”
He said, “Then I thank you from my heart.”
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt
stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been
ready to give up and quit. Years later that young woman became critically ill.
The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where
they called in specialists to study her rare disease.
Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation.
When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his
eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.
Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He
recognised her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do
his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly
requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He
looked at it and then wrote something on the edge and the bill before it got sent
to her room.
She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take
the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally, she looked and something
caught her attention on the side of the bill. She began to read the following
words:
“Paid in full with one glass of milk.
Signed, Dr. Howard Kelly.”
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