A Gallon Of Gas And A Gift Card

--by DriftOff2Dream, posted May 15, 2012

My husband and I have six children and things have been tight financially.

He is a brick-mason and as a barter deal he agreed to build a sign base for a man who owns a sign company in return for a basset hound puppy.

The job was at the front of a cemetery. As we were working beside a busy road we noticed a well dressed man walking towards us. I looked beyond him and saw his car was parked on the roadside. When he reached us he asked if we had any gas he could have.

My husband reached into the back of the truck and handed him a gas can with a gallon or two of gas and a funnel and told him it should be enough to get him to the nearest gas station.

The man thanked him and walked back to his car. About twenty minutes passed and we finished our work. We waited ten more minutes and the man still hadn't shown up with our gas can and funnel.

I started to feel disappointed, not angry but really disappointed, that he hadn't brought the can back.

We finally decided that the man must have needed the can more than we did and left. While driving down the road we saw the man pass us so we turned around and saw he had pulled into the cemetery. When he got out he handed my husband a FULL gas can along with a gift card for 25.00!

That has really made a difference in my way of thinking. We didn't expect anything from our good deed, it just felt good to be able to help. This ended up being a true act of kindness - to us!

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Posted by DriftOff2Dream
May 15, 2012
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heartofflesh wrote: What you give is what you receive !
The universe knows how to reward a kind act !

A truly inspiring story !

lmil1954 wrote: I love this story! Many blessing to your family and new PUPPY! Puppy SMILES:):):)

1golddragonfly wrote: Great story! Thank you for sharing.

Aurelia wrote: Wonderful Story! You gave unconditionally and look how grateful he was to you... I'm Smiling just thinking of your face when you met up with him and got your can and some much needed $$$$ :) ~Aurelia :0)

Jacinda wrote: What a truly fantastic story! Thanks for sharing! It made me smile! :) I hope you have a wonderful week! Smiles, Jacinda :)

unknown wrote: beautiful driftoff2dream :) very nice :) smiles together :):)

JuneBug wrote: AWESOME STORY !!!! Just goes to show ya, huh? :D

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: What a great story! Thanks for sharing and most of all for caring! :)

moral12 wrote: How wonderful that your faith in your fellow man was restored by the gentleman's reciprocal act of generosity. Thanks for sharing!

songdeva wrote: Love!

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