everyday and it was my duty to
greet him and to open the gates for him, as I
worked as a
watchman in his villa. But he never responded back
to my greetings. One day he saw me opening the garbage
bags outside the
villa in search of any left over food. But, as usual he
never even looked at me, it was like as if he never
saw
anything! The very next day I saw a paper bag at the
same place, but it was clean and the food inside
was
covered well. It was fresh and good food like
someone had just brought it from the supermarket.
I didn't bother as to where it came from, I just took the paper bag
and I
was so happy about it. Every day I found this paper
bag at the same place with
fresh vegetables and all that we needed for home.
This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing
this
food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who
this
fool could be! To forget his paper bag full of fresh
food everyday. One day there was a big problem in the
villa and I was
told that my boss had died. There were too many
guests
coming to the villa that day and I didn't get any
food that day, so I thought that one of the guests must have
taken
it. But the same thing happened the second day,
the third
day and the fourth day. It went on like this for a
few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my
family, so I decided to ask the widow of my boss
for a
raise in my salary or else I would quit my job as a
watchman. After I told her, she was shocked, and
asked me, how come I never complained about my salary for the
last two
years. And why was this salary not enough for you
now? I
gave her so many excuses but she was never
convinced! Finally in the end, I decided to tell her the truth, I told her
the entire story of the bag of groceries, and as to
how it
was my daily provision. She then asked me as to
when
this stopped. I told her that it had stopped after the death
of her husband. And then I realized that I stopped
seeing
the paper bag immediately after the death of my
boss. Why didn't I ever think of this before? That it
was my boss who was providing this for me? I guess it was
because I never thought that a person who never
replied
to my greetings could ever be this generous! The
woman started to cry and I told her to please stop
crying and that I was really sorry that I asked for a raise, I
didn't know that it was her husband who was
providing
me with the meals. I promised to remain a
watchman and
be happy to provide my service. She said to me, "I'm crying because I've finally found the
7th person my husband was giving this bag full of
food
to. I knew my husband was giving 7 people
everyday, I
had already found the other 6 people, and all these days I
was searching for the 7th person. And today I
found out." From that day onwards, I started to
receive the bag full of
food again, but this time it was the son who
brought it to my house and gave it to my hand. But whenever I
thanked him, he never replied, just like his dad! One
day, I told him, "THANK YOU!" in a very loud voice!
He replied back to me to please not be offended
when he
didn't reply, because he had a hearing problem, just like
his dad!
Oh May God forgive us all, for we have all,
as humans,
judged another person without knowing the real
story
behind their actions. May God forgive us all and guide us
towards the right path in life.....
