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Dr. Howard Kelly
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Too often we
underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an
honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the
potential to turn a life around.
– Leo Buscaglia
One day, a poor boy who was
selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had
only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal
at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened
the door.
Instead of a meal he asked
for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass
of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, How much do I owe you?”
You don’t owe me anything,”
she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.”
He said … “Then I thank you
from my heart.”
As Howard Kelly left that
house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was
strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.
Many years’ later that same
young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally
sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare
disease.
Dr. Howard Kelly was called
in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a
strange light filled his eyes.
Immediately he rose and
went down the hall of the hospital to her room.
Dressed in his doctor’s
gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.
He went back to the
consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he
gave special attention to her case.
After a long struggle, the
battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested the
business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, and
then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared
to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it
all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the
bill. She read these words …
“Paid in full with one
glass of milk”
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.
Tears of joy flooded her
eyes as her happy heart prayed: “Thank You, God, that your love has spread
broad through human hearts and hands.”
