So on the day of Lisa's Confirmation, I heard two phenomenal stories and I thought they were very blog-worthy to share. They were "feel good" stories, and hold great life lessons in my opinions. So I thought I'd share two great stories:
The First Great Story
The first great story came from a man from Stop and Shop named Mike. Andrew and I got up very early to help Lisa with a few errands before her Confirmation. So we made a stop at Stop and Shop and there was very kind gentleman named Mike who helped us with our order, rolled it over to the register for us, and even rolled it out to the car and put our things in the back of the car.
He was kind and humorous. At the cash register, there was a little mix up with the change and we corrected it. With that small moment, we got an awesome story from him. He told us of a time where he was at that very cash register and was buying something and the attendant gave him $20 more money in change than he should have. He told him to take the money back, but the attendant said "No no, the amount is right." Mike was insistent that he had too much change but the attendant refused to take back the change.
So Mike told the accountant that if by chance there was $20 short at the end of the day, he had the money and would give it back. Sure enough at the end of the day, when the accountant closed up the register and counted the money, there was $20 missing, and Mike returned the $20. What a man of integrity! He did the right thing! And sometimes, doing the right thing comes back in many different ways!
Well that's just what happened to Mike! At the Stop and Shop, he bought something again and with his small change bought a lottery ticket of some sort, and he played it, and ended up winning $5,000! It was a GOOD day for Mike! But a man with great values who does the right thing, deserves to have his kindness brought back to him tenfold! What an awesome story!
The Second Great Story
The second great story was when we actually arrived at Lisa's RCIA class before the mass of her Confirmation, one of the fellow students in the class who was very religious was telling us about her recent abdominal surgery she experienced. The young woman was in a lot of pain, and had to miss one of her RCIA classes because of the recuperating time she needed to heal.
She had a very hard time moving and being able to find comfort. She was in a lot of pain. But she did something that made her very happy and at peace: she prayed. She would pray the entire time she was in the hospital. As a Roman Catholic, one would usually make the sign of the cross by using their right hand and touching their forehead, their heart, the left shoulder, and then the right. But with all the pain she was in, she struggled to do it.
But as much pain as she was in, she pushed on the make the sign of the cross for her prayers. She also could not speak very loudly yet. One nurse was close by and watching the young woman struggle. The nurse looked at her and she asked "Are you in pain?" The young woman shook her head no. "Are you praying?" asked the nurse. It was as though the nurse just KNEW. The young woman nodded her head.
The nurse then went over and said "Let me help you," and she took the young woman's right hand and helped her do the sign of the cross for her prayers. What a moment! I think that was such a beautiful display of human kindness at it's best! What a wonderful story!
You never know where you can go to hear a great, feel-good story! (BOWS)
Yours in service,
MASTER TRENTO
:)
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