Thursday, November 13, 2008

Unemployed Graduate

Another quotable quote.. hehehe.. an email i've received from a friend.. I've read this multiple times yet..everytime i receive it.. the story touches me..just want to share it.. (naman.. masusunog na ko.. hahha)

An unemployed graduate woke up one morning and checked his pocket. All he had left was $10. He decided to use it to buy food and then wait for death as he was too proud to go begging. He was frustrated as he could find no job, and nobody was ready to help him.
He bought food and as he sat down to eat, an old man and two little children came along and asked him to help them with food as they had not eaten for almost a week. He
looked at them. They were so lean that he could see their bones coming out. Their eyes had gone into the socket. With the last bit of compassion he had, he gave them the food. The old man and children prayed that God would bless and prosper him and then gave him a very old coin. The young graduate said to them 'you need the prayer more than I do'.
With no money, no job, no food, the young graduate went under the bridge to rest and wait for death. As he was about to sleep, he saw an old newspaper on the ground. He picked it up, and suddenly he saw an advertisement for people with old coins to come to a certain address.
He decided to go there with the old coin the old man gave him. On getting to the place, he gave the proprietor the coin. The proprietor screamed, brought out a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph. This same old coin was worth 3 million dollars. The young graduate was overjoyed as the proprietor gave him a bank draft for 3 million dollars within an hour. He collected the Bank Draft and went in search of the old man and little children.
By the time he got to where he left them eating, they had gone. He asked the owner of the canteen if he knew them. He said no but they left a note for you. He quickly opened the note thinking it would lead him to find them.
This is what the note said: 'You gave us your all and we have rewarded you back with the coin,' signed God the Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost. 1 Kings 17:10-16; Matthew 11:28-30

7 comments:

Chyng said...

when you thought you dont have anything at all, that's the time God will show you HE is everythng!

ayos tong story!

Anonymous said...

naks naman. ka-touch. pero baket ganun, kapag nagbigay ka ng pera sa isang badjao o mangyan, sampu pa ung hahabol sayo. heheheh. joke lang.

nice story. ^_^

Anonymous said...

i feel so touched by this short story. i often ignore street dwellers and tramps but with this story, mmm... i'll consider sharing a bread with them :)

Anonymous said...

naalala ko tuloy ung commercial ng fita.. ung may pulubi na diwata pala. dahil 1/2 fita lang ung binigay nung lalake, 1/2 lang din na sports car na red ung binigay sa kanya. wakekekek. (--,)

Anonymous said...

haller fren ! kakaiyak naman ito ;( huhuhu!

Yesha said...

all i can say is nice, nice story. have read this before, too. ^^

Bogcess said...

Very inspiring.
Keep it up!
:)