#0520 Paper Route

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Inner Peace Be Upon You

# 0520 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Paper Route

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Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of

a mere acquaintance. I have duly forgotten the name of an old

lady who was a customer on my paper route when I was a twelve-

year-old boy in Marinette, Wisconsin back in 1954. Yet it seems

like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in forgiveness

that I can only hope to pass on to someone else someday.

On a mindless Saturday afternoon, a friend and I were throwing

rocks onto the roof of the old lady's house from a secluded spot

in her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the

rocks changed to missiles as they rolled to the roofs edge and

shot out into the yard like comets falling from the sky.

I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride.

The stone was too smooth, however, so it slipped from my hand as

I let it go and headed straight for a small window on the old

lady's back porch. At the sound of fractured glass, we took off

from the old lady's yard faster than any of our missiles flew

off her roof. I was too scared about getting caught that first

night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken porch

window.

However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been

discovered, I started to feel guilty for her misfortune.

She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the

paper, but I was no longer able to act comfortable in her

presence. I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery

money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I

calculated would cover the cost of her window.

I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was

sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars

would cover the cost for repairing it. I waited until it was

dark, snuck up to the old lady's house, and put the envelope of

retribution through the letter slot in her door. My soul felt

redeemed and I couldn't wait for the freedom of, once again,

looking straight into the old lady's eyes.

The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to

return the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She

thanked me for the paper and said, "Here, I have something for

you."

It was a bag of cookies.

I thanked her and proceeded to eat the cookies as I continued my

route.

After several cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of

the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was stunned.

Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said,

"I'm proud of you."

~Author Unknown~

Sometimes you may think others don't know, but they do.

They are just waiting for you to do what is right.

Inner Peace Be Upon You.

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