Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which is to look out
Christ's compassion to the world;
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is
to bless women and men now.
-St Teresa of Avila
This morning I went to buy some breakfast at the food court. Sitting waiting for her breakfast was this young girl and her little son about 3 years old. She had a black eye so bad that it had closed over. She was on the phone the whole time trying to organise someone to take her shopping. She said she had only $20. I'm sitting there eating my breakfast and thought, I cant stand it any longer and I better go and find something for her that will make her feel good and not be spent on grog or something else that would not be nourishing. I decided to go to Gloria Jeans Coffee Shop and I asked them to give me prepaid coffee tickets, but they said they didn't have anything like that. Then one bloke piped up and said "we have $5 Coffee and Cake Cards" So I got 4 of them and scooted back around to her and she was still sitting there about to go on the phone again. I said, "can I talk to you for a minute" and I told her that I had just brought these gift cards for her and I hope she would not be offended and that Id like her to go and have a coffee with your girlfriends sometime. She was holding them and said "are they for me?" totally stunned and I said yes and turned away and walked quickly outside. When I was about 3 metres away I felt this tingling all over my back and it felt nice and warm. When I got home from work I this quote was the first email I opened.
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which is to look out
Christ's compassion to the world;
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is
to bless women and men now.
-St Teresa of Avila
This morning I went to buy some breakfast at the food court. Sitting waiting for her breakfast was this young girl and her little son about 3 years old. She had a black eye so bad that it had closed over. She was on the phone the whole time trying to organise someone to take her shopping. She said she had only $20. I'm sitting there eating my breakfast and thought, I cant stand it any longer and I better go and find something for her that will make her feel good and not be spent on grog or something else that would not be nourishing. I decided to go to Gloria Jeans Coffee Shop and I asked them to give me prepaid coffee tickets, but they said they didn't have anything like that. Then one bloke piped up and said "we have $5 Coffee and Cake Cards" So I got 4 of them and scooted back around to her and she was still sitting there about to go on the phone again. I said, "can I talk to you for a minute" and I told her that I had just brought these gift cards for her and I hope she would not be offended and that Id like her to go and have a coffee with your girlfriends sometime. She was holding them and said "are they for me?" totally stunned and I said yes and turned away and walked quickly outside. When I was about 3 metres away I felt this tingling all over my back and it felt nice and warm. When I got home from work I this quote was the first email I opened.
2 comments:
That's a really wonderful thing that you did Kimbo. She'll remember that random act of kindness for a long time! xo
blessed be kimmy for she will bring a smile to the world.
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