Wisdom to Ponder |
Late one cold rainy night , an older black woman was standing on the side
of an Alabama highway trying to deal with the storm.
She had had car trouble and desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided
to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her. Generally
this was unheard of back in the 1960s.
The man gave her a ride and helped her find a taxi cab. She seemed to be in
a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him.
Seven days went by and a knock came on the man’s door. To his surprise, the
delivery man had a large color TV set. A note was attached that read: “Thank
you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. I was wondering
what I was going to do. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to
make it to my dying husband’s bedside just before he passed away. God bless
you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.”
Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole