My boss drove a luxury car
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 for any leftover 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 every day.
One day
there was a big problem in the villa and I was told that my boss has 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 2nd day, the 3rd day and the 4th 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 wife 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 you never complained about
your salary for the last 2 years? And why is 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 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!
His wife
started to cry and I told her to please stop crying and that I’m really sorry
that I asked for a raise, I didn’t know that it was your husband who was
providing me with the meals, I’ll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide
my service.
His wife told me, I’m
crying because I’ve finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag
full of food. I knew my husband was giving 7 people every day, I had already
found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And
today I found out.
From that day onward, I
started to receive the bag full of food again, but this time his son was
bringing it to my house and giving 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 doesn’t reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like
his dad!”
Oh! We
have been wrong so many times judging others without knowing the true story
behind their actions. Be kind and courteous in dealing with others, for
everyone is fighting a hard battle.
