I read a story, a
great story it is: an old gentleman used to stop by at an antique shop to sell
furniture. One day after he left, the antique dealer’s wife said she wished she
had told him how much she enjoyed his visits. The husband said, “Next time let’s tell him so.” The
following summer a young woman came in and introduced herself as the daughter
of the old gentleman. Her father, she said, had died. Then the wife told her
about the conversation she and her husband had after the father’s last visit.
The young woman’s
eyes filled with tears. “Oh, how much
good that would have done for my father,” she cried. “He was a man who needed to be reassured that he was liked.” “Since
that day,” the shopkeeper said later, “whenever I think something
particularly nice about a person, I tell him. I might never get another chance.”
What a story! Let
us make it a habit to find something in others that we can commend on. “There are some
great people who make others feel small,” writes G.K.
Chesterton. “But
there are other great people who make others feel great.” Let us
be humble and yet be great at making people feel appreciated and liked. Let us
give more praise to others. Let us never
tired of commend others when we see the good things that they have done because
we might never get another chance again.
“I will speak
evil of no man…
and speak all the good I know
of everybody” (Benjamin
Franklin)
God helps us. Amen.
THINK
BIG. START SMALL. GO DEEP.
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