Good morning friday!!
It was the night before christmas, and I had just finished my last minute shopping. It was snowing and pretty cold in the car, but yet, as I reached my doorstep, I realised I left my receipts at the mall.
I immediately drove back to the mall to retrieve it, and as I reached the carpark of the mall, I saw a little boy of 10 sobbing softly.
"Hey kid, what's wrong?" I questioned.
In between sniffs and sobs, he explained to me that he came from a family of 6, and his father just passed away the year before. For the 10 years of his life, he had never celebrated christmas with presents, nor his siblings or mother.
Yet, somehow, his mother scrimped and saved, and managed to get him $100 to buy presents for his siblings and himself.
Being the oldest, he was sent to the mall with this happy task of buying presents. However, he was accosted by 2 older kids and they cruelly took away one of his $50 dollar bills.
Faced with only half of his money left, he calculated that he was unable to buy sufficient gifts for his family, and he was reduced to tears.
I listened to his story with sympathy and asked, "Why didn't you call for help when the kids took away your money?"
He sniffed, "I did, but no one heard me.."
"So how did you call for help?", I asked.
"Help! Help me!" He mewed, in an almost inaudible voice. The boy's pitiful shouts could not have made it past 5 metres, let alone for anyone near to hear.
Upon realising that no one could possibly hear the boy's cries for help, I took his remaining $50 dollar bill and ran off.
Joy is not in things; it is in us.
Wishing you a happy friday! Smile!
Regards from your witty most brilliant and one of a kind leader,
Felix
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