1. I traveled for what seemed to be before I crossed over the Main Street Bridge. I walked, I could, through the downtown area hunting for something to eat.
2. I could count on one hand the times that any ever gave me a compliment or made me feel of myself. The few times that it did happen, I soaked up the experience like a soaking up water.
谢谢
All It Took Was Two Words
韦达?博伊德?乔恩／Veda Boyd Jones
Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. I pumped the tank full, stood in line at the cash register, and said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from my exhaust pipe. I pulled over and wondered what I should do.
A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for rescuing me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas package from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later, I drove through a foggy morning to a conference in a nearby town. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen relaxing in a showroom devoid of customers.