A Priceless Smile From An Old Lady

--by perseverance, posted Jun 11, 2008

I was at a busy traffic junction waiting to walk over to the other side when the green lights come on. There was a family, a man, his wife and an elderly lady, waiting to cross with me. Both the man and his wife were chatting endlessly while the elderly lady was engrossed in staring at a banner with a picture of a child and a mother, which brought tears to her eyes.

Then, the lights finally turned green and all of us rushed to cross the road. The signal was very short, so the lights changed to red in no time. I noticed that both the man and his wife had crossed along with me and the elderly lady was left behind. She seemed to panic as the other two had already crossed and were continuing on without looking back. I quickly realized what was happening and signaled the elderly lady to wait.

When the lights turned green again, I ran over to the other side, offered her my hand, which she clasped with an iron-like grip, and motivated her as we quickly walked together to the other side of the road. As a precaution, I used my left hand to stop any oncoming traffic so that even if the crossing signal turned red, we could make it over to the other side safely. In the mean time, both the man and wife realized that they had left the elderly woman behind and came running back. The elderly lady was in tears and said to me, “You are more than my son,” and gave me a warm handshake before parting company. The man and woman were apologetic at what happened and also thanked me profusely. While taking leave of me,the elderly lady flashed a big bright smile, which I cherish even to this day. She kept waving and waving until we lost sight of each other.

Her priceless smile made my day!

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Posted by perseverance
Jun 11, 2008
Comments (29)

Readers Comments

warmth wrote: really priceless. I blive that the smile of a child and that of an elderly person has the same innocence, endurance and genuineness. Thank u sooo much for sharing this wonderful story. God bless you :)

makesomeonesmile wrote: That was very nice of you, thanks for caring!

JuneBug wrote: Oh how precious you are! And to get such a high compliment is totally awesome! God bless you! :}

brighteyes wrote: SMILES ARE A PRECIOUS, PRICELESS GIFT WE GIVE EACH OTHER....THEIR IMPACT IS IMMEDIATE.

wiked_kicken wrote: Wow that is so lovely. It's amazing the wormath of a smile can do that!

Basant wrote: This story tells us about how much a smile and small bit kindness can bring value to our daily lives. Thanks for sharing this story.

shashi wrote: it is not you helped thatold lady but it is old lady helped you - think over

Kelsh wrote: Wow. That was so brilliant! It's amazing how a smile can change a life. You truely are a Child of The King! You all are! Mic

HeatherZoe15 wrote: What a nice deed you had done and just a simple deed can do wonders that nobody can explain.

sethi wrote: Amazing, what a smallct of kindness can do. The lady would have blessed you for life.

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