An Act of
Kindness.
In Galway,
one day, a poor young man who was selling goods from door to door to pay his
way through college, found he had only one euro coin in his pocket, and he was
hungry.
He decided he
would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when the
woman who lived there opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink
of water.
She thought
he looked hungry so she gave 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 “I was reared to never to accept payment for a
kindness.”
The young
man’s name was Séan Kelly, he thanked her for her kindness, and as he left that
house, he not only felt; stronger physically, but his faith in God and
man/woman was renewed. You see Séan had been ready to give up and quit.
A few years
later the woman became critically ill. The local
doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the Beaumont Hospital in
Dublin where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.
Dr. Séan 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 recognized
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 was sent to her room. She
was scared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to
pay for it all as she did not have a medical card
Finally, she looked, and something caught her
attention. On the side of the bill she read these words…… ” Paid in full with
one glass of milk.” (Signed) Dr. Séan Kelly.
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: “Thank You, GOD.
Sometimes a
little kindness can be repaid in ways you never expect.
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