{"id":4403,"date":"2017-11-12T14:21:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=4403"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:02","slug":"never-know-when-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/never-know-when-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"You Never Know When…"},"content":{"rendered":"

You never know when someone will repay your kindness with an even greater kindness!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A poor young man was selling door to door to put himself through college.\u00a0 At the end of the day, he reached into his pockets and only found a few crumpled dollar bills.\u00a0 He was hungry but could not afford to buy a meal.<\/p>\n

He decided to ask for a meal at the next house. When he knocked, a beautiful young woman opened the door. Startled, he decided to ask for something to drink instead of food.<\/p>\n

She returned with a large glass of milk, which he drank eagerly.\u00a0 \u201cHow much do I owe you?\u201d he asked the woman.<\/p>\n

The woman replied, \u201cNothing.\u00a0 It costs me $0 to be a decent human being.\u00a0 And my Mother taught me to never accept payment for kindness.\u201d\u00a0 He thanked her and gratefully went on his way.<\/p>\n

Years later, the woman became ill and needed immediate surgery.\u00a0 The man, now a surgeon, entered her hospital room and realized she was the woman who had given him milk when he was a medical student. From that moment on, he took great care of her to ensure the success of her recovery.\u00a0 He asked the billing department to give him the bill before it was sent to the patient.\u00a0 When he received it, he wrote something on it and mailed it to her.<\/p>\n

When she received her bill, she dreaded opening it.\u00a0 She left it on her counter for a few days, staring at it as she walked past, certain that it would cost her more than 50 times the amount of money she had in her savings account.\u00a0 But on the third day, she finally found the courage to open the bill.<\/p>\n

Not to her surprise, she found the bill was too expensive for her meager budget.\u00a0 But in the margin, she also found a long ago kindness repaid.\u00a0 The doctor had written, \u201cPaid in full with one glass of milk.\u201d<\/p>\n

You never know when someone will return your kindness to you. Someone just may return your kindness to you just when you need it most and are not expecting it.<\/p>\n

Things like this happen to me.\u00a0 When I do kind things for others, I do not expect anything in return.\u00a0 But once in a while, someone remembers that I was kind and repays me in a way that means the world to me.\u00a0 My piano lessons are an example.\u00a0 My piano teacher, a friend whom I have helped with computer issues more than once, has never allowed me to pay for piano lessons since she began teaching me in March of 2016.\u00a0 Even though she is a busy person and her time is valuable, she just hugs me at the end of each lesson instead of allowing me to pay her.<\/p>\n

Remember that you never know when your kindness will be returned, so be kind as often as possible.<\/p>\n

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Let the\u00a0encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n

soar like an\u00a0eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n

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Need a hug?<\/a><\/h4>\n

Keep your promises!\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n

Be an angel every chance you can!<\/h4>\n

BJ sincerely wishes you \u201cA Beautiful Life<\/a>\u201c.<\/h4>\n

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