A 9-year-old girl walks into a jewelry store. She looks around and points at a $3000 bracelet, and says I want that one. She says she's going to buy it for her older sister. The store owner says that's very nice of you. Why do you want to give it to her? She says that because I don't have a mother or father, and she takes care of us. The girl opens up her backpack and dumps out hundreds of coins onto the counter, mostly nickels, dimes, and pennies, and says this is my life savings. The man looks at the coins, looks at the bracelet, and starts tearing up. He looks at her and says that is exactly what it costs. He wraps up the bracelet, hands it to her, and says, take this to your sister. A few hours later, the sister comes in, and she says I am so embarrassed.
I can't believe my sister took this without paying, and the store owner says she did pay for it. She paid in full. He then explains that I'm alone in life. My wife passed on, and my kids moved away. Your sister walked in here with her bag of coins, and for the first time in years, I felt what love means. You take this bracelet because you deserve it. There is no force on earth more powerful than love. Let it guide what you do every day, and good things will come.