A watchman and his boss.
Many people have the tendency to judge someone before knowing the truth about that person.
I want to share something with you about a watchman.
" My boss drove a luxury car every day and it was my duty to greet him and open the gates for him every day, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. He never responded back to my greetings. One day he saw me opening the garbage outside the villa in search of leftover food, but as usual, he never looked at me. It was like as if he never saw anything! The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, there was something about this paper bag. The paper bag was clean and the food inside was covered well, it was fresh and good food like someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn't bother as to where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy about it.
Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all that was needed for the home. This became a daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be?! To forget his paper bag full of fresh food every day.
One day there was a big problem in the villa and I was told that my boss had died. there were so many guests coming to the villa that day and ai didn't get food that day, so I thought that one of the guests must have taken it. But the same happened the 2nd day, the 3rd day and the 4th day.
It went on for a few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my family, so I decided to ask the wife of my boss for a raise in my salary or else I would have to quit my job as a watchman. After I told her, she was shocked, and asked me, how come you never complained about your salary for the last 2 years? And why is this salary not enough for you now?
I gave her so many excuses but she was never convinced!
Finally, in the end, I decided to tell her the truth. I told her the entire story of the paper bag of groceries, and as to how it was my daily provision. She asked me as to when this stopped? I told her after the death of her husband. And then I realized that I stopped seeing the paper bag immediately after the death of my boss. Why didn't I think of this before? That it was my boss who was providing this for me? I guess it was because I never thought that a person who never replied to my greetings could never be this generous!
His wife started crying and I told her to please stop crying and that I am really sorry that I asked for a raise, I didn't know that it was your husband that was providing me with the meals, I'll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my service. His wife told me, I'm crying because I've finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving 7 people every day, I had already found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And today I found out.
From that day onwards, I started to receive the bags full of food again, but this time his son was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied! Just as his dad! One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice! He replied back to me, please not to be offended when he doesn't reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad!"
Oh! we have been wrong so many times judging others without knowing the true story behind their actions. Be kind and courteous in dealing with others, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Be careful, not everything is about you. Before you assume, there is a thing called ASKING.
Don't just jump to conclusion because that is truly not an exercise, it may cause you more harm at the end of the day. Many of our problems are caused by how process what happens around us. Don't judge a situation you have never been in. Be humble enough to learn. You do not know it all. Let's change the way we feel about ourselves and others.
There are two sides to a story. Don't believe everything you hear. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
His wife started crying and I told her to please stop crying and that I am really sorry that I asked for a raise, I didn't know that it was your husband that was providing me with the meals, I'll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my service. His wife told me, I'm crying because I've finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving 7 people every day, I had already found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And today I found out.
From that day onwards, I started to receive the bags full of food again, but this time his son was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied! Just as his dad! One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice! He replied back to me, please not to be offended when he doesn't reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad!"
Oh! we have been wrong so many times judging others without knowing the true story behind their actions. Be kind and courteous in dealing with others, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Be careful, not everything is about you. Before you assume, there is a thing called ASKING.
Don't just jump to conclusion because that is truly not an exercise, it may cause you more harm at the end of the day. Many of our problems are caused by how process what happens around us. Don't judge a situation you have never been in. Be humble enough to learn. You do not know it all. Let's change the way we feel about ourselves and others.
There are two sides to a story. Don't believe everything you hear. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
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It was great talking to you
The best for you is still to come
Trust in God always
Ernest Dinsdale
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