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A penny of sincerity

December 15th 2006 13:33

During one of his travel around America, President Wilson stopped at Billings, Montana, and was going to give short speech from the train platform. Beside him was none other than Mrs.Wilson and some other important top figures of the country.
Very unexpectedly, 2 little kids managed to pass through the policemen guarding the area, and they ran towards the President. They stopped right in front of the train and looks through his eyes. One of them presented the president a flag of America which he had been waving along the way. Mrs.Wilson stepped down the train and thanked the little kid. The other kid stood there with sorrow on his face. He did not bring anything to give. Then he suddenly searched on his pocket and gripped out a penny from his pocket, he gave it to Mr.President. Mr.President thanked the kid deeply with tears starting to fill his eyes. But the story does not end here.

5 years later, President Wilson passed away. In the midst of the bereaving atmosphere, Mrs.Wilson opened the wallet of his dear husband. Inside, in a separated slot of the wallet, of a paper which was folded neatly, the penny from the little kid years ago was preciously being kept there. For 5 years the penny has accompanied the President every single day, wherever he went. It turned out that the president had really appreciated the single penny.

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Comment by WeR1Family

December 15th 2006 13:41

It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into it.

'Don't skip doing a good deed just because it is small, and don't do a bad deed just because you think it is insignificant'
---Buddhist verse---

Small things we do might bring a big difference for others.

Comment by Adrian

December 15th 2006 16:41
Similar to the Biblical parable about (I forget the details precisely) the woman who gives two coins, vs the wealthy guy who gives two bags. The woman is praised more, because she gave more relative to what she had.

Comment by Lilla

December 16th 2006 10:24
What a lovely story WR1F,

I had never heard it before... I have many things like this coin from my children... indeed, there are many levels of prosperity above money.. The President sounds like he was a wise man who understood this too...

great story...
thanx,

Lilla...

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