MIRACLES

TODAY I WITNESSED A MIRACLE. I WORK IN A DOCTORS OFFICE WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, INCOME, AND LIFE STYLES. AND SOME HAVE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER THAN OTHERS AS YOU CAN EXPECT. BUT SOMETHING THAT YOU CANT EXPECT TOO OFTEN THESE DAYS IS A SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS.

JOHN CAME IN THIS MORNING NEEDING A PRE-PHYSICAL SO THAT HE COULD BE CLEARED TO HAVE SURGERY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT WHEN WE PULLED UP HIS ACCOUNT WITH US WE DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD A 100 DOLLAR BALANCE. THE GIRL NEXT TO ME WHO WAS CHECKING HIM EXPLAINED THAT WE COULD NOT SEE HIM WITH OUT HIS BALANCE BEING PAID.

HE THEN EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY US, BUT THAT HE COULD PAY US 5 DOLLARS A MONTH TO PAY THE DEBT. SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO AND THAT THE ONLY WAY HE COULD BE SEEN WAS TO DO AS SHE ASKED PER HIS INSURANCE, AND PAY THE BALANCE. HE EXPLAINED PLAINLY THAT HE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. SO HE TURNED AROUND AND SAID THAT HE WOULD WAIT TO TALK TO THE DOCTOR ABOUT HIS SITUATION.

IN THE MEAN TIME ONE OF THE PATIENTS FROM THE LOBBY CAME UP TO THE DESK QUIETLY AND HANDED US A 100 DOLLAR BILL AND SAID THE DEBT FOR THE MAN WAS NOW PAID. SHE REPLIED AND SAID "YOU ARE AND GOOD CITIZEN SIR" AND ALL HE COULD SAY WAS: "NO IM JUST LUCKY". HE THEN TOOK HIS SEAT TO WAIT WITH HIS WIFE.

MOMENTS LATER JOHN CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED IF HE WOULD BE SEEN, AND I REPLIED: YES, A PATIENT IN LOBBY PAID YOUR BALANCE. HE BECAME VERY DISTROTT AND BEGAN TO WEAP. I PAT HIS BACK, AND THEN HE TURNED TO THE MAN AND THE MAN STOOD UP AND HELD HIM AS CRIED IN HIS SHOLDER. REPEATING, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

THIS WAS ONLY THE FIRST OF THE GREAT DEEDS THAT I WITNESSED THIS MORNING, BUT WAS THE START OF A CHAIN THAT LINKED ALL MORNING. FROM AS SMALL AS JUST OPENING THE DOOR FOR SOMEONE TO A LADY STANDING AND LETTING AN ELDERLY LADY TAKE HER SEAT. IT SEEMED TO BE ONE AFTER ANOTHER. LET US BE OUR OWN SAVIORS IN OUR OWN WAY FOR OTHERS, BECAUSE ONE SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS DOES MAKE A DIFERENCE AS YOU CAN SEE.