Doing good

Everybody was looking at the poor old woman who came into the expensive fashion boutique. Clients there asked each other what she was doing there. They also asked where the security guards were. But the guards were there who were thinking of wandering another crazy woman. But he remained stood far from her.

The sales clerk took a good look at the old woman. She was wearing old, worn-out shoes, a skirt with patches, and an old blouse that had turned yellow in time. She was holding an old handbag too. One of the kind salesclerks went to her and asked if she could help her. The old woman replied that she could help her for sure. She added that she needed a dress. She explained that her granddaughter was getting married, and she had no idea what to wear to her wedding. Then she asked the clerk if she could help her. The clerk requested the woman to follow her. She suggested she see what their stylist can offer her.

Then she went to the stylist. The stylist asked the Clerk in a lower voice why she brought the woman there. She replied that she wanted them to help her choose a dress for a wedding. The stylist looked at the old woman with contempt. She thought, "What a shame! A poor old hag in our boutique!" However, she went to the old woman and asked her how much money she was prepared to spend. She replied with happiness that she had been saving up money since last fall when her granddaughter announced her engagement.

She then took out a paper stamp in which there her money. She told the stylist that she thought she had sixty dollars. She also asked the stylist to count them if she wanted. She announced that she was ready to spend all the money if needed. The stylist could say nothing because with that little money nothing was possible.

Before she had told the woman that she saw her approaching forward. She went to a dress and looked happily at it. Then she exclaimed that it was a beautiful dress. The stylist told her that she didn't think it was a good idea. But she was determined and added that she also needed a pair of shoes to match. She will be wearing her pearl necklace and then she was going to give it to her granddaughter as a present. She added that the necklace belonged to her grandmother.

The stylist felt sorry for the woman. She thought, "Poor woman...The dress costs three hundred dollars. And she also needs shoes..." She was thinking about what to do and not to hurt the woman.

Then a girl came to her. She was a girl from a rich family and next to them she was trying on a veil. Her parents told her to spend as much as she needed on her wedding attire. She overheard the stylist's conversation with the old woman. So, she decided to do something for her. She went to the stylist and asked if she could talk to her for a second. The old woman was choosing her dress and they went aside.

The girl told her to give the woman everything she needed. She also told her that she would pay for it and asked her to charge forty dollars for everything so she would still have some money left and keep her dignity intact. The stylist was not ready to see this kindness so asked her why she was doing so because she even didn't know the woman.

The girl replied that she would give anything for her grandma to come to her wedding, but God took her a long time ago. But she wanted her to watch her from heaven and be round of her.

To believe in the goodness of people, you should start doing good things yourself.