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The Good You Do Comes Back To You by stevoski059(m): 1:55am On Apr 30, 2015
A woman baked bread for members of her family
and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept
the extra bread on the Window-sill, for whosoever
would take it away. Everyday, a hunch-back came
and took away the bread. Instead of expressing
gratitude, he muttered the following words as he
went his way: "The evil you do remains with you:
The good you do, comes back to you!" This went
on, day after day. Everyday, the hunch-back
came, picked up the bread and uttered the words:
"The evil you do, remains with you: The good you
do, comes back to you!" The woman felt irritated.
"Not a word of gratitude," she said to herself...
"Everyday this hunch-back utters this jingle! What
does he mean? "One day, out of despiration, she
decided to do away with him. "I shall get rid of
this hunch-back," she said. And what did she do?
She added poison to the bread she prepared for
him! As she was about to keep it on the window
sill, her hands trembled. "What is this I am
doing?" she said. Immediately she threw the
bread into the fire, prepared another one and kept
it on the window- sill. As usual, the hunch-back
came, picked up the bread and muttered the
words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The
good you do, comes back to you!" The hunch-
back proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of
the war raging in the mind of the woman.
Everyday, as the woman placed the bread on the
window-sill, she offered a prayer for her son who
had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune.
For many months, she had no news of him.. She
prayed for his safe return. That evening, there
was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she
was surprised to find her son standing in the
doorway.. He had grown thin and lean. His
garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry,
starved and weak. As he saw his mother, he said,
"Mom, it's a miracle I'm here. While I was but a
mile away, I was so hungry that I collapsed. I
would have died, but just then an old hunch-back
passed by. I begged of him for a small part of his
food, and he was kind enough to give me whole
bread. "As he gave it to me, he said, "This is
what I eat everyday: today, I shall give it to you,
for your need is greater than mine!" "As the
mother heard those words, her face turned pale
and red. She leaned against the door for support.
She remembered the poisoned bread that she had
made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the
fire, it would have been eaten by her own son,
and he would have lost his life! It was then that
she realized the significance of the words: "The
evil you do remains with you: The good you do,
comes back to you!" Do good and; Don't ever
stop doing good, even if it’s not appreciated at
that time.
If you like this, share it with others and I bet you,
so many lives would be affected.
Re: The Good You Do Comes Back To You by Nobody: 4:29am On Apr 30, 2015
So insightful. It is ALWAYS good to be good. Thanks for the share bro

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