Monday Motivation….. December 23, 2024 (726)
In 1958, Glen was a first-year high school teacher in Beatty, Nevada. On Dec. 22, he headed home to Idaho in his 1951 Hudson Hornet to spend Christmas with his parents.
Just south of Fillmore, Utah, a radiator hose broke and the car started to overheat. He hitchhiked into Fillmore and got a ride to a Chevron station. He explained his plight to the owner, Dan Brinkerhoff, who sent a tow truck to bring in his car.
Dan discovered that the engine had become so hot it had warped the head, so he called a nearby wrecking yard and found the needed part. Glen boarded a Greyhound bus, bought the part and then caught a return bus to Fillmore.
By that time it was dark, and Dan had closed the station. He immediately went to work on Glen’s car, laboring for several hours while Glen slept curled up in the backseat. Finally, Dan woke Glen and announced He was ready to go. When Glen went to settle up, he would not take a dime for anything he had done.
Glen got to spend the holidays with his parents, and He shall forever remember Dan for the wonderful thing he did for him.
Moral:
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
Nothing seems to bring people together like Christmas!
Have a great week ahead…!
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