The story is told
of a merchant in a small town who had identical
twin sons. The boys worked for their father in
the department store he owned and, when he died,
they took over the store.
Everything went well until the day a dollar bill
disappeared. One of the brothers had left the
bill on the cash register and walked outside
with a customer. When he returned, the money was
gone.
He asked his brother, Did you see that dollar
bill on the cash
register? His brother replied that he had not.
But the young man kept probing and questioning.
He would not let it alone. Dollar bills just
don't get up and walk away! Surely you must have
seen it! There was subtle accusation in his
voice. Tempers began to rise. Resentment set
in.
Before long, a
deep and bitter chasm divided the young men.
They refused to speak. They finally decided they
could no longer work together and a dividing
wall was built down the center of the store. For
twenty years hostility and bitterness grew,
spreading to their families and to the
community.
Then one day a man in an automobile licensed in
another state stopped in front of the store. He
walked in and asked the clerk, "How long
have you been here?"
The clerk replied, "That he'd been there
all his life." The customer said, "I
must share something with you. Twenty years ago
I was riding the rails and came into this town
in a boxcar. I hadn't eaten for three days. I
came into this store from the back door and saw
a dollar bill on the cash register. I put it in
my pocket and walked out. All these years I
haven't been able to forget that. I know it
wasn't much money, but I had to come back and
ask your forgiveness."
The stranger was amazed to see tears well up in
the eyes of this middle-aged man. "Would
you please go next door and tell that same story
to the man in the store?" he said.
Then the man was
even more amazed to see two middle-aged men, who
looked very much alike, embracing each other and
weeping together in the front of the store.
After twenty years, the brokenness was mended.
The wall of resentment that divided them came
down.
It is so often the little things that finally
divide people- words
spoken in haste; criticisms; accusations;
resentments. And once divided, they may never
come together again.
The solution, of course, is to let it go. There
is really nothing
particularly profound about learning to let go
of little resentments. But for fulfilling and
lasting relationships, letting them go is a
must. Refuse to carry around bitterness and you
may be surprised at how much energy you have
left for building bonds with those you love.
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