My boss drove a luxury car everyday and it
was
my duty to greet him and to open the gates
for
him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa.
But
he never responded back to my greetings.
One day he saw me opening the garbage
bags
outside the villa in search for any left over
food.
But, as usual he never even 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, but it 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 we
needed for
home. This became my 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 everyday.
One day there was a big problem in the villa
and I
was told that my boss has died. There were
too
many guests coming to the villa that day and
I
didn't get any food that day, so I thought
that one
of the guests must have taken it. But the
same
thing happened the 2nd day, the 3rd day
and the
4th day.
It went on like this 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 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
bag of
groceries, and as to how it was my daily
provision.. She then 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 ever 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 ever be
this
generous!
His wife started to cry and I told her to
please stop
crying and that I'm really sorry that I asked
for a
raise, I didn't know that it was your
husband who
was providing me with the meals, I will
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 everyday, 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 onward, I started to receive
the bag
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
like his dad!
One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud
voice! He replied back to me to please not be
offended when he doesn't reply, because he
has a
hearing problem, just like his dad!
Oh! May God forgive us all, for we have all, as
humans, judged another person without
knowing
the real story behind their actions.. May God
forgive us all and guide us towards the right
path
in life !!!
