What's $5.00 to you? (Seriously) It's a (cheapo) lunch @ McDonalds or a Gallon and a half of gas.... (if that)
Meaning that $5.00 is NOT much........ (to some) BUT to others it could actually change a life....
I had an interesting experience today that (I HOPE) changed 3 lil lives....
I dropped my mom off and while I was sitting in her driveway these 3 lil guys came up pushing a lawn mower.... They were around 6, 8 and maybe 9... They could barely PUSH the mower but were giving it their all.... They asked if they could cut mom's lawn, but it had just been mowed so she said no......
You could tell they were "defeated" and it broke my heart..... All 3 of them just started to wander back to the sidewalk so I yelled to them that I was PROUD of them for trying to work so hard to earn money.
That got a little bit of a smile from them but you could still tell that they really wanted to WORK and EARN $....
So I jumped out of my SUV and called them back over..... I told them that sometimes people notice when others are really trying (and I could tell they were)..... I told them (again) how proud I was of each of them and handed them a $5.00 bill.... My GAWD their eyes lit up like it was Christmas!
$5.00 is nothing to me but it was a HUGE thing to them..... It represented something that alot of inner city children don't have..... H-O-P-E
I am NOT "blogging" about this story to receive any type of "praise" or "you go girl" comments.... To be frank I won't publish those if you leave them....
I AM telling this story so maybe...... just maybe you will start looking around you and watch for these types of situations.
Honestly we never know just how a persons *kindness*, and *thoughtfulness* will effect someone elses life.... But it very well COULD change it.... & that my friends is what this life is about!
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