random acts of kindness do make a difference:)

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 quickly 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."
>
> I'm asking you to pass it on .. Let
> this light shine.
>