Once a man was driving by a road, when he saw an old lady, stranded on side of road. It was evening time, light was dim still man could see that she needed help.
So he pulled up his car in front of her Mercedes and got out of his car. Then he approached her.
Old woman got little worried as no one had stopped to help her for last hour and now this man was approaching her with a smile on his face. She got worried if that man would hurt her because man looked poor and hungry.
Man could see that she was frightened and knew how she felt.
He said to her, “I am here to help you mam. My name is Bryan Anderson.”
Old woman was scared, still told him about flat tire of her car.
Man said, “Mam, It’s chilly outside, why don’t you wait in car where it’s warm while i change it.”
Saying this, man crawled under car and started to change tire. Soon tire was changed. As he was finishing up, old woman rolled down her car window and began to talk to him.
She told him about herself and told him that she was from far away place and was passing by that place and thanked him enough for coming to her aid. Man just smiled as he closed her car trunk after keeping back tools and flat fire for her car.
Old woman asked him, “How much should i pay you?”
Man never thought twice about being paid as this was not a job for him. He was just helping her in her need.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back then next time she saw someone who needed help, she should give that person assistance they needed. Man added, “And think of me at time, think of it as payment for this deed.”
Man waited until she started her car and drove off and then man felt good as he headed home.
A few miles down the road, old lady saw a small cafe. She stopped there and went in to grab a bite and relax bit before last leg of her trip.
When she was seated, a waitress came over and bought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. Lady noticed that waitress was nearly eight months pregnant but still was working hard there with smile on her face.
Old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so caring and giving to a stranger and then she remembered Bryan.
After lady finished her meal, she paid with hundred dollar bill. Waitress went inside to get change but before she came back, old lady was gone.
While waitress wondered where lady could be, she noticed that something was written on napkin.
There were tears in her eyes when she read what old lady wrote: “You don’t own me anything. Someone once helped me out, the way i am helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do – Don’t let this chain of love end with you.”
And under napkin were four more hundred dollar bills left for waitress.
Later that night, when waitress got home from work and climbed into her bed, she was thinking about money and what lady had written.
She wondered how could have lady known that she and her husband needed it. With baby due next month, it was going to be hard for them but now..
She knew that her husband was worried, as he lay sleeping next to her. She softly whispered in his ears, “Everything is going to be all right. I love you. Bryan Anderson.”
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Such a beautiful and touching story!
Years ago, I was transferred to New Jersey from Texas. I was driving to work one morning (about 2 feet of snow on the ground) when I noticed a car pulled over to the side of the road. I slowed up, noticed a flat tire, so I pulled in front of the car, and walked back. The woman driver would not look at me, and I noticed she had two small kids in back (both younger than 5 years old). I tapped on her window and said “maam, I can change your tire for you”. I guess the accent was enough for her to face me and she rolled down her window and half way. I repeated my statement, then she looked at my car which still had Texas license plates, and then she rolled the window further down. I opened her trunk and she had a spare but it had no air in it. So I told her I needed to take both tires and get them fixed, and stated she needed to come with me, she was concerned about her children, and I said “oh they are coming also”. We drove several miles to a gas station who didn’t do tires, then another gas station that said they couldn’t get to it that day, and finally got to a third station in which the guy said they could do it within the hour. The guy at the station said he would drive them back to her car and put the tire on the car and the other one in the trunk. She was ok with that, so I was getting ready to leave for work when she asked me how much she owed me. I said “maam, in Texas we do not expect any payment for helping someone who needs it” and she said “I’m moving to Texas”. She gave me a hug and I was on my way to work. After work, I stopped at the station to see how things turned out. The guy was true to his word, and she left headed to the hospital where her husband was. The guy was impressed that I even stopped to help, much less drive to 3 stations before help could be found. I expressed my appreciation for his following through. I often wondered later if she really would move to Texas. I was in NJ for about 3 years and returned to Texas to finish my career.