SHOW a Little Kindness

Friday, while at work, a man walked in that I had seen several times at the local restaurant.  He works for a nearby power association.  He and several of the men he works with eat at the same place my mother used to eat at several times a week.  I can remember, when she would see those men coming in, she'd say, "There's my buddies."  They'd pick at her and talk to her every time they'd see her.  Mother hasn't been able to go to the restaurant since June, and she misses seeing everyone.  When I came around the corner at work, one of those men was in the store.  I smiled and asked if I could help him find something, and he replied that he was looking for me.  I know I probably looked a bit puzzled.  He continued to tell me how he and the men he works with have missed seeing Mother at lunch, and then, he asked about her health.  He then continued to tell me why he came in the store looking for me.  He apologized for not even remembering her name, then, he asked if it would be alright for him and the other workers to visit with her and take her and daddy a plate lunch from the restaurant they had seen each other at.  He said, "It HAS to come from there, cause that is our 'meeting place'."  I told him that she doesn't eat much, but, he replied that that didn't matter to them, they wanted to do it anyway, so I gave him their names and directions to their house, and he left.  I stood their dumb-founded!  My heart was simply overwhelmed and so very touched by the kindness of these men.  When I got off for lunch, I went to my parent's house, and  my daddy was still teared up from their visit.  He told me how they filed in, sat their lunches on the table, and continued to walk in, looking for Mother.  He said they all took turns hugging her and talking to her, then, when it was time for them to leave, they all lined up and hugged her again.  It was just a simple act of kindness.  The cost was less than twenty dollars, the time was less than an hour, but, the results and benefits are eternal!  They touched three hearts in a way that no medicine or money could ever achieve.  God, bless those men and their families.  May I be as sensitive, unselfish, and kind to others.