THE POWER OF THOUGHTFULNESS

   A couple of years ago when my cousin was just starting to toddle and was also battling with malaria, I was taking a walk with my cousin to get  some air and we stumbled on a toy store around the neighborhood. We went in wandering up and down the store, when we saw a shelf that had some toy cars in it. I said to my little boy that since he had been such a good boy, he could choose one of the #1000 cars and I would buy it for him.
  After some deliberation, he chose a car and it was only when I went to pay that I realised that I had #700. I tried to pay with the #700 and the lady asked if I didnt see the price tag. I explained my dilemma and how i had promised him a gift for a long time coming. The lady at the stall only gave me a glance as I held out the money to her, with an apologetic look on my face, and shook her head with a look of annoyance as she turned to talk to another potential customer.

  I was shocked at her rudeness, heaven knows all i wanted to do was to make my boy happy. With a sinking heart, I bent down to my boy and started trying to explain to him that we couldn't take the car because the lady had said "no" and that we would try to get some more money and come back to buy it later.
Obviously, he was distraught that he couldn't have the car that he had so carefully chosen and burst in to floods of tears, as I had to pry the car out of his fingers and bodily carry him away while he struggled and screamed. A few stalls down, I put him back down and calmed him, cuddling him and explaining again that we would go and get some more money and retuen for it. Really, I just wanted to curl up and cry too!
  Just as he had calmed down and taken my hand to walk off, an elderly lady touched my arm. She said "Excuse me, I couldn't believe how rude that lady was to you and your brother and saw how upset he was when she said that he couldn't have the car he had chosen and so I bought it for him."
My cousin immediately stopped crying and beamed at her as she handed him the car. I was speechless as I almost bursted into tears as I was so emotionally overcome at this stranger's kindness, I couldn't thank her enough.
  Although the car only cost #1000 to her, but the unexpected kindness and thoughtfulness of this stranger still continues to affect my life and my actions till today.

This Stranger could be You, When was the last time you put a smile on someone's face? Are You waiting for a reason to be kind and thoughtful?
When was the last time you deliberately gave to the needy or even the less privileged?
In Everything that you do
Give Some Love Back
Yes, the person may not deserve it but remember that someone was nice to you at one point or the other.  

  Ive realised that Love is fragile and we are not always the best care takers, we muddle through and do the best we can and hope the fragile thing survives against all odds.
  So from here on out, give a Smile today, Tomorrow and every other day of your life in every single thing you do. Yes, you could decide to cloth somone on the street, reach out to someone in need, don't wait for a special season. The More You Give, The More it comes back to You.

       Desire