Dear Friends,

I came across a wonderful story and thought of sharing with you..

A SIMPLE GESTURE | by Jackie Sagner

A little boy selling magazines for school walked up to a house that
people rarely visited. The house was very old and run down and the
owner hardly ever came out. When he did come out he would not say
hello to neighbors or passers by but simply just glare at them.

The boy knocked on the door and waited, sweating from fear of the old
man. The boy's parents told him to stay away from the house, a lot of
the other neighborhood children were told the same from their
parents.

As he was ready to walk away, the door slowly opened. " What do you
want?" the old man said. The little boy was very afraid but he had a
quota to meet for school with selling the magazines.

"Uh, sir, I uh am selling these magazines and uh I was wondering if
you would like to buy one." The old man just stared at the boy. The
boy could see inside the old man's house and saw that he had dog
figurines on the fireplace mantle. "Do you collect dogs?" the little
boy asked. "Yes, I have many collectibles in my house, they are my
family here, they are all I have." The boy then felt sorry for the
man, as it seemed that he was a very lonely soul. "Well, I do have a
magazine here for collectors, it is perfect for you, I also have one
about dogs since you like dogs so much." The old man was ready to
close the door on the boy and said, "No boy, I don't need any
magazines of any kind, now goodbye."

The little boy was sad that he was not going to make his quota with
the sale. He was also sad for the old man being so alone in the big
house that he owned. The boy went home and then had an idea. He had a
little dog figure that he got some years ago from an aunt. The
figurine did not mean nearly as much to him since he had a real live
dog and a large family. The boy headed back down to the old man's
house with the figurine. He knocked on the door again and this time
the old man came right to the door. "Boy, I thought I told you no
magazines."

"No, sir I know that, I wanted to bring you a gift." The boy handed
him the figurine and the old man's face lit up. "It is a Golden
Retriever, I have one at home, this one is for you." The old man was
simply stunned; no one had ever given him such a gift and shown him
so much kindness. "Boy, you have a big heart, why are you doing
this?" The boy smiled at the man and said, "Because you like dogs."

From that day on the old man started coming out of the house and
acknowledging people. He and the boy became friends; the boy even
brought his dog to see the man weekly.

""This simple gesture changed both of their lives forever""

I hope to receive a gesture of my members atleast by replying sumthing to this post

Regards,

Saumil Joshi, Founder