A Lady asks: "How much do you sell your eggs for?"The old vendor replies: “50p an egg, madam” .The Lady says: “I’ll take 6 eggs for £2.50 or I’m leaving”.The old salesman replies: "Buy them at the price you want, Madam. This is a good start for me because I haven’t sold a single egg today and I need this to live.She bought her eggs at a bargain price and left with the feeling that she had won.She got into her fancy car and went to a fancy restaurant with her friend.She and her friend ordered what they wanted. They ate a little and left a lot of what they had asked for.So they paid the bill, which was £400. The ladies gave £500 and told the fancy restaurant owner to keep the change as a tip…This story might seem quite normal to the owner of the fancy restaurant, but very unfair to the egg seller…The question it raises is:Why do we always need to show that we have power when we buy from the needy? And why are we generous to those who don’t even need our generosity?I once read somewhere:"My father used to buy goods from poor people at high prices, even though he didn’t need the things. Sometimes he paid more for them. I was amazed. One day I asked him “why are you doing this dad?” Then my father replied: "It’s charity wrapped in dignity, son."I know that most of you will not share this message, but if you are one of the people who have taken the time to read this far… Then this message of “humanisation” will have gone one step further… in the right direction…
Mother Theresa : Holiness is not something we do for ourselves; it is something God does in us if we cooperate. And it is something he does in us not for us alone, but for others and for all of history.
I understand the story but it still hurts me I really don’t like rich people with money at all. I am blessed I make good money I can help the needed
If we would remember we are blessed to be a blessing this would be our natural mode of conduct in all situations. When you meet a need for someone, it is as if you are doing it unto God. He will repay you in whatever way He desires and you may need. Remember, we are resources/helpers for each other.
Caridad B. Monroe You’re right but may God solve the problem. We eastern people talked of dishonesty that prevailed everywhere. Seems like it happens in the West too. Middle Class…