My four grown children were all home visiting this =
weekend so we decided to go out for brunch. The centre of =
attention was my toddler granddaughter. She had never had pancakes =
before so we were excited about her trying them. We always try to make =
our family meals special so this time we decided to order every kind of =
pancake they had and asked that they be served on one big family-style =
platter!
We each took turns digging in and also =
feeding it to the baby, who loved them. There was a lovely =
environment at the table and lots of smiles. As I was looking =
around the table, enjoying this wonderful scene, a gentleman at a nearby =
table caught my eye. He was eating his breakfast alone quietly, in =
the corner. He frequently looked over and smiled and waved as my =
granddaughter continued to entertain us all. Suddenly, I had a =
great idea.
I dug out a ‘smile’ card from =
the reserve that I always carry with me and snuck up to the =
waitress. I explained to her that I wanted to pay that man’s =
bill anonymously and that instead of the bill could she please give him =
the smile card. Our leisurely breakfast was still going on after the =
gentleman had left. The waitress came over and told us that he had =
passed the smile card on and paid for another table before he =
left. How great!
Not only that, the waitress then came back =
later and told us that the second table had now paid for someone else =
and passed the smile card on too! I couldn’t believe it when =
the waitress came back and told us that the third table had done the =
same thing. What was really amazing though, was that =
by the time we left, half the room had ended up paying for a =
different table! Isn’t that great? Paying it =
forward never felt so good!
[testimonial =
by D.H. in Brisbane area, Australia]
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"