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One of the great things about living, has to do with a thing called giving for it is incumbent on all of us to believe That as the saying goes…through life’s highs and through life’s lows It is as wonderful to give…as to receive. In this life we live it is quite easy for us to give for giving with grace is our nature I believe But when the gift is given to us…we often don’t know what to do…and thus We must also learn, with grace, how to receive Coming home after a North Carolina stay…we’d been driving most of the day anticipating as to when we would get back when it was time to make a stop at a little gas station with a shop… time to rest, gas up and buy some snacks. With the tank filled up with gas it was time now to amass snacks we would devour in the car when we had a quick encounter with the clerk behind the counter as she noticed in my hand…a candy bar. She said, “I have a candy bar for lunch…it is a Nestle’s Crunch but we don’t sell them in this store.” I said, “Oh what I wouldn’t do for a Nestle’s Crunch bar too.” as it is also a candy bar that I adore. She did not lolly gag, she turned, reached in a bag and in a moment she was finished with her search… she handed two Nestle’s Crunches to me and said that they were free she said she gets them when she goes to church. We offered at once to pay…she said no they’re free today there is nothing more you need to do she looked me in the eye…smiled, said goodbye then said, “Think of it as a gift from me to you.” We thanked her walked away and then… we turned and thanked her once again her smile showed she truly understood and I think it’s fair to say…that as we drove away no candy bar I ever ate tasted as good.
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