In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked. "Fifty cents," replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled is hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the
waitress was growing impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied. The little boy again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies..
You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.
"Kindness is giving without the thought of receiving."
Quote of the month: "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want." Randy Pausch
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4 comments:
That was freaking adorable.
It takes a child to show us the biggest lessons in life. This time around it was kindness towards others.
As much as we like to say that children drive us nuts. We have so much to learn from them.
That's true. I work with them and I learn so much from them and I have so much fun. It is awesome being a kid :)
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