The Honor Was Mine...

Magnetron
Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:38:25 +0000

I think I mentioned this one once before, but last fall, on my way to visit the two college kiddos one weekend, I stopped for gas. The woman in front of me was asking the clerk if he knew someone who could drive 10 miles up the road (turned out closer to 15) and help her disabled mother change a flat tire. I volunteered, went up and changed the tire. We had a nice conversation; she is a retired social worker from the Colville tribe, spent her life helping troubled kids.

After finishing, she got out her wallet and tried to pay me. I told her, “I’m not the one who needs a new tire.” I like to think that if you are good to people the gods of partial credit will reward you with other good people.