The richer child than Bill Gates
She was sitting in the upscale restaurant eating her lunch. Through the glass, she saw a poor child staring at her. She motioned for him to come. The child rushed to her and asked him: Are you hungry?
He shook his head with a big yes. She sat him down across from her and ordered him the same food she was eating. The waiter brought her a plate of food. She said to the child: Go ahead. She finished her lunch with an appetite she had never felt before. When she was about to leave, she asked for the account, and the waiter brought her a plate and a piece of paper that she thought was the bill, on which the restaurant owner wrote: The account is zero, so humanity has no price, ma’am!
There are priceless feelings and wealth that cannot be measured by money. Billionaire Bill Gates was asked: Is there anyone in the world richer than you? He said: Yes, there is one person richer than me. They said: Who is he? He said: Years ago, when I completed my studies, and I had ideas to launch a Microsoft project, I was at the New York airport and saw a newspaper seller, and I liked the title of one of the newspapers he was carrying.
I put my hand in my pocket to buy the newspaper, but I did not have any small bills, so I wanted to leave. Then the newspaper seller, a black boy, said to me: Here you go, this newspaper from me. I told him: I do not have the value of the small denominations, and he said: Take it, I will give it to you as a gift.
Three months after this incident, my flight happened to be at the same airport and my eyes fell on a newspaper, so I put my hand in my pocket and did not find any small currency either, and then the same boy said to me: Take it. So I said to him: Son, a while ago the same situation happened and you gave me a newspaper. Do you deal like this with every person who encounters you in this situation? He said: Yes. When I give. I give with all my heart. This thing makes me feel happy and comfortable.
Bill Gates says: This sentence and this boy’s looks stuck in my mind and I was always thinking. You see on what basis and on what feeling the boy says this.
After 19 years had passed, when I reached the height of my financial ability and became the richest man in the world, I decided to search for this boy in order to return his favor. So I formed a team and told them to go to the airport and look for the black boy who was selling newspapers. After a month and a half of research and investigation. They found him and he was working as a guard in a theater. So I invited him to my office and asked him: Do you know me?
He said: Yes.. You are Mr. Bill Gates, everyone knows you, so I told him years ago, when I was young and selling newspapers, you gave me two newspapers because I did not have money from small denominations. Why did you do that?
He said: There is no specific reason, but when I give something for free, I feel comfortable and happy, and this feeling is enough for me. I said to him: I want to return your favor, so ask for whatever you want.
?He said: How
I said: I will give you anything you want...and he said while laughing: Anything I want. Do you really mean this? I said yes: anything you ask for. He said: Thank you, sir, but I don't need anything. I said to him: Rather, you must ask, as I want to compensate you.
He said to me: Mr. Bill Gates, you have the ability to do this, but you cannot compensate me.
I said to him: What do you mean? How can I not compensate you? He said: The difference between you and me is that I gave you when I was at the height of my poverty and need, but now you want to give me when you are at the height of your wealth and strength, and this will not compensate me. But I am overwhelmed by your kindness, so thank you, sir.
Bill Gates says his words made me feel like he was richer than me. Because the best kind of giving is the giving you give when you are in need, and this is what the boy did with me, so he is richer than me.
How rich this world is in money and how poor it is in feelings. It is humanity that has been violated and has become an offering to the gods of war and the demons of destruction!
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