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Sharing this story from LinkedIn:“The man in the chair is Mr. Earl….Mr. Earl lives in the assisted living home next door to the shop.He has a memory disease that if you tell him something today he forgets, so if you tell him again tomorrow it’s like new information to him….His brother used to come to the shop and pay me every week to cut his hair.Then later Mr. Earl would come and ask me did his brother pay me so he can get a haircut, I would always say yes sir your debt is already paid….Mr. Earl’s brother died 5 years ago and he doesn’t remember, he still comes every week and always asks me is his debt paid….I ALWAYS STILL SAY YES SIR, YOUR DEBT IS PAID and cut his hair….I know Mr. Earl’s brother is in heaven looking down watching out for us THATS PAYMENT ENOUGH…some things are better than money….AMEN”
Made me feel a lot better knowing there are beautiful acts of kindness still going on for a person for years.Credit: Marlo Matthews -
A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm.
After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the washroom, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father.
At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked him, “Don’t you think you have left something behind?”.
The son replied, “No sir, I haven’t”.
The old man retorted, “Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father”.
The restaurant went silent.
One of the biggest honors that exist, is able to take care of those older adults who ever cared for us too. Our parents, and all those elderly who sacrificed their lives, with all of his time, money and effort by us, deserve our utmost respect.
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