WHAT YOU DO FOR LOVE

Paul received an automobile from his brother as a birthday present.  Friday evening when Paul came out of the office, a street boy was walking around his shinny new car, admiring it.  "Is this your car, Mister?" he asked.
Paul nodded.  "My brother gave it to me for my birthday."  The boy was astounded.
"You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything?  Boy, I wish..."  He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for.  H was going to wish he had a brother like that.  But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels,
"I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that."
Paul looked t the boy in astonishment, then, impulsively he added, ""Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?"
"Oh yes, I'd love that."
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?"
Paul smiled a little.  He thought he knew what the lad wanted.  He wanted to show his neighbours that he could catch a ride home in a fancy automobile.  But Paul was wrong again.  "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
He ran up the steps.  Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast.  He was carrying his little crippled brother.  He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.
"There she is Buddy, just like I told you upstairs.  His brother gave it to him for his birthday and it didn't cost him a cent.  And someday I'm gonna give you one just like it.  Then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the shop windows that I've been trying to tell you about."
Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car.  The shinning eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
That evening, Paul learned what "It is more blessed to give..." means.
    
Original story from:
A Secret To De-Stress Your Brain, by Terry Small
The Star Saturday, 17 November, 2012