KINDNESS PAID!

Hearty Greetings and Best wishes to all persons in this entire world for a very happy and prosperous New Year – 2011. Sarve Janah Sukhinobhavanthu!

KINDNESS PAID!
Jan—01—2011 (Saturday)
One day, a poor boy, Raghava, aged 12 years, who was selling plastic toys and goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one rupee left, and he was very hungry.
He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his courage when a lovely young lady of 21 years opened the door.
Instead of a meal he asked for a big glass of water. She found he looked hungry an weak; she felt pity for him. So she brought him a plate-full of upma (cooked broken wheat with spices). He ate it slowly, and drank water; then he asked, "How much do I owe you? I have only one rupees with me. Here its is, please take it."
"You don't owe me anything," she replied "My mother has taught us never to accept any payment for a kindness." He said... "Then I thank you from the depth of my heart. May God bless you !"
As Raghava left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man grew stronger also. He now believed Kindness is Godliness !
Fifty years later that incident, the young woman, then 71 years of age, Karunamayi, became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled and left all hope. They finally sent her to the nearest big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Raghava, the super-specialist, was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see and examine her. He recognized her at once; but she did not. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he paid special attention to this critical case.
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Raghava requested the accounts officer of the hospital to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. Karunamayi feared to open it, for she was sure it may take her entire properties (house and farm) to pay for it all. She may have to become a homeless and poor vagabond all her life. Finally, she looked t the bill and something caught her attention at the bottom as she read these words... "Paid in full with one plate of upma." (Signed) Dr. Raghava. Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed:
"Thank You, GOD, that Your love has spread all over the world through kind human hearts and generous hands. May He be blessed by Your divine Grace" Moral: “Kindness to a noble person yields a thousand-fold beneficial return”. ------ Compiler : Prof. Komaragiri Venkata Ramana Rao. Ph.D., (Retired Professor; Andhra University College of Engineering); Astrologer-Scienitst. Durham. NC; U.S.A.: (Tatayya = Grand-father). My e-mail address : pandit@jyothishi.com---------- I dedicate all these stories in the blog with utmost devotion to Sri Parama Paalakas (Supreme Rulers of this entire Universe): Bhagavan Sri Siddhi Vinayaka, Sri Lakshmi Narayana and Sri Gouri Sankara and Sri Saraswathi and Bhagavan Sri Venkateswara ! Aum tat sath !==============================