Hi  all,  
 Gm..  
 Have a lovely day ahead!!!
  
   
  
 
Simple Gesture of  LOVE!!! - Worth a Thought!!!
  
 A little boy  selling magazines for school walked up to a house that people rarely visited.  The house was very old and run down and the owner hardly ever came out. When he  did come out he would not say hello to neighbors or passers by but simply just  glare at them. The boy  knocked on the door and waited, sweating from fear of the old man. The boy's  parents told him to stay away from the house, a lot of the other neighborhood  children were told the same from their parents. 
  
 As he was  ready to walk away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want?" the old man  said. The little boy was very afraid but he had a quota to meet for school with  selling the magazines. "Uh, sir, I uh am selling these magazines and uh I was  wondering if you would like to buy one." The old man just stared at the boy. The  boy could see inside the old man's house and saw that he had dog figurines on  the fireplace mantle. "Do you collect dogs?" the little boy asked. "Yes, I have  many collectibles in my house, they are my family here, and they are all I  have." The boy then felt sorry for the man, as it seemed that he was a very  lonely soul. "Well, I do have a magazine here for collectors, it is perfect for  you, I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much." The old man was  ready to close the door on the boy and said, "No boy, I don't need any magazines  of any kind, now goodbye." 
  
 The little boy was  sad that he was not going to make his quota with the sale. He was also sad for  the old man being so alone in the big house that he owned. The boy went home and  then had an idea. He had a little dog figure that he got some years ago from an  aunt. The figurine did not mean nearly as much to him since he had a real live  dog and a large family. The boy headed back down to the old man's house with the  figurine. He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to  the door. "Boy, I thought I told you no magazines." 
  
 "No, sir I know  that, I wanted to bring you a gift." The boy handed him the figurine and the old  man's face lit up. "It is a Golden Retriever, I have one at home, and this one  is for you." The old man was simply stunned; no one had ever given him such a  gift and shown him so much kindness. "Boy, you have a big heart, why are you  doing this?" The boy smiled at the man and said, "Because you like dogs."  
  
 From that day on  the old man started coming out of the house and acknowledging people. He and the  boy became friends; the boy even brought his dog to see the man  weekly.
  
 This simple  gesture changed both of their lives forever.
 Valentines day wishes   to all my friends!!!!
to all my friends!!!!   
 Luv,
 Vg.
 "Is it possible for the rose to say, 'I will give my  fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?'  
 Or is it possible for the lamp to say, 'I will give my  light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil  people'? 
 Or can a tree say, 'I'll give my shade to the good  people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad'?  
 These are images of what love is about."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              -Anthony De Mello, 1931-1987