Thursday, May 27, 2004
i met Him....
i was running out of gas on monday so on my way home, i stopped at the 76 station in alhambra, right before the freeway entrance. i was tired and stressed out cuz my stupid speech class gets more and more ridiculous with every session. it's always crowded in that gas station cuz it's pretty cheap. so i waited my turn as usual and noticed this man going around washing people's windows. my windshield were filthy cuz my parents took my car to vegas last weekend. plus a there was a huge glob of bird poop that was till there. i was afraid it would eat through my glass again, like before. but i didn't think i'd have the guy wash the window. he seemed busy anyway, so i just went on my way pumping gas. he came by after a bit and asked me if i wanted my windshield washed and i was hesitant. it was late at night and i had literally no cash, so i asked him how much. he just said, "nothing, just whatever change you have." so i said okay, knowing that i only had a little over a dollar in quarters and some pennies. but he was such a kind man, asking me where i was coming from and where i was headed. we talked briefly about applying to nursing school and what freeway i was going to take to go home. it was the most comfortable, stress-relieving conversation. and when he was done, i gave him the very last bit of cash that i had, every single coin. and he told me that i had a very beautiful heart and to take care. it was the most uplifting moment of the week. i felt light like i had been touched by an angel. i'm glad i encountered that man and i know it was God's way of relieving me. i needed it.
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quotable quotes
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"To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the
greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks
nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid
suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, live, and love."
~unknown
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"live a life that others will remember years from now, NOT because it pointed to you but because of how it pointed to the One who made you."
~ Mark Hart, the Bible Geek
"we grow up learning to become self-reliant, but really we need to be God-reliant"
"we could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box"
"never wound hearts that love u, never give them the endless pain, because wounded hearts are like roses that never bloom"
"there comes a time when we have to stop loving someone not because that person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that they'd be happier if we'd let go"
