I don't know what's happening, but I like it. Yet, another day that I have this good feeling. There is this calmness about my spirit that I am really enjoying. I don't know if it's because of the meditation that I do or if it has to do with my diet change (I am eating healthier now-Fiber One Cereal and Chicken Noodle Soup & V8 juice). I guess when things are going good there is really no need to figure it out. Just enjoy the feeling (P.S. I do know that whatever the reason is, that voice (God) that I always speak about, has a lot to do with this feeeling of goodness).
Since I am in this good mood, I will feel your spirits with goodness by sharing with you what I encountered last night. I stopped by target on my way home from work. I have started this new mission on buying the cheapest clothes I can find and making them into some of the smoothest outfits I possibly can. I bought two shirts and an old man hat from Target and only paid 6 bucks for it. So far I have only spent 27 dollars and I have a total of two outfits including accessories (socks and hat). Now I just have to use the clothes I already have to make them fly. For the older people that are reading this fly means look good. LOL! While I am paying for my items, I hear this familiar voice behind me and it's an old friend from the neighborhood I grew up in. We chit chatted for a minute and in our conversation, he mentioned that he had started the process of getting a house. I asked him where was it and how it looked and he told me that it hasn't been built yet. He keep going by saying that it wouldn't be finished until January or December. Now I know you're thinking what's the big deal about my friend having a house built. I forgot to tell you that he is only 22.
To help you better understand, I have to give you a little history. His parents and my mother and uncle went to high school together. His father and my uncle became best friends but the weird thing about their friendship is that they were opposite. By them being close friends, they looked out for each other no matter what. When it was time for me to go to college, him and his wife took it upon themselves to help me out. No one asked them to help me, they just felt the need to. I beleive it was because of the relationship that he and my uncle had. Well, the father called my school counselor and told her to check and see if Ihad taken the ACT. I hadn't and didn't really know what it was at that time. I started studying for it and passed it. Then one day during the summer after my senior year, they called me up nad aksed me if I wanted to ride and see the campus of the University of Montevallo. I had no clue as to where this place was and had never heard of it. We drove down there and I took a tour of it and at the end of the tour, they asked me if I wanted to attend. I told them that I didn't care where I went to school I just knew that I needed to go and not stay at home because I felt that I wouldn't accomplish anything. Well, that's all they needed to hear. They paid the deposit for room and board and paid my registration fee. I was taken by this. Now what you have to keep in mind is that I never really talked to them like you are probably thinking. The furthest our conversation had ever gone was hello and goodbye. I remember that day like it was yesterday and I hold that dear to my heart. I think that's why I am so giving. Anyway, I went there and graduated and you know the rest.
So now, here is there son 22 years of age, getting a house built. He has never stayed in an apartment. When he told me I felt proud because of what his mother and father had done for me. He has always been a respectful young man. From time to time when I am talking to him he will say yes sir. I am only ten years old than him, but it just lets me know that he was brought up the right way. It's a blessing to have your child doing things at such a young age. And a lot of people would probably think that the kid was lucky or that his father paid for him to get this home. Well, they would be right in a way. He is paying for it himself. He has a job that he has been working every since he graduated from high school and he is attending (or has greaduated from UAB). And yes his father did pay for it...he paid for it by helping people who he thought needed to be helped and for that God has blessed him and his son...and me! Thanks D for making that deposit for me...it has gained more interest than any deposit I have seen made at any bank!
-K.J Swint
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