Classic inspirational story: looking for dream shoes

Classic inspirational story: looking for dream shoes

On Christmas Eve, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening. The bustling crowds on the street were sparse, and occasionally there were people who rushed home and rushed through the festive atmosphere of the neon lights. The new year is coming again!
"Thank God, today's business is really good!" The busy Mrs. Smith sent away the last customer who came to the shoe store to sigh. Through the bright lights, you can clearly see the inexhaustible excitement and joy between the couple. It was the time of the war, and Mrs. Smith began to do the cleaning work in the store. Mr. Smith went to the door and was ready to move the door panel that was unloaded in the morning. He suddenly stopped in front of a glass cabinet filled with all kinds of shoes - through the glass, he found a pair of children's eyes.
Mr. Smith hurriedly walked over to look at it carefully: this is a poor boy with a swarf of coal, about eighty-nine years old, ragged and very thin, wearing a pair of extremely unsuitable shoes on the frozen red foot, full of The shoes of coal ash have long been "scarred." He saw that Mr. Smith approached himself, his eyes removed from the beautifully crafted shoes in the cupboard, staring at the shoe store owner, with a kind of inexplicable hope in his eyes. Mr. Smith leaned over and yelled: "Merry Christmas, my dear child, can I help you?"
The boy didn't make a sound, and his eyes began to turn to the cupboard to wipe the bright shoes. For a long time, he said: "I am begging God to give me a pair of suitable shoes. Sir, can you tell me this wish? I will thank you!” Mrs. Smith, who was packing up, came over at this time. She first looked at the child up and down, then pulled her husband aside and said, “This child is very poor, or promised him. Asked?" Mr. Smith shook his head and said, "No, he doesn't need a pair of shoes. Dear, please bring the best cotton socks in the cupboard, and then come up with one. The basin is warm, okay?” Mrs. Smith walked away with a puzzled face.
Mr. Smith quickly returned to the child and told the boy: "Congratulations, child, I have already told you your thoughts, and I will have an answer soon." The child's face began to provoke an excited smile.
When the water came, Mr. Smith moved a small stool to signal the child to sit down, then took off the dusty shoes on the boy's feet. He put the boy's purple feet into the warm water and groaned. He said with a strong heart: "Children, I am really sorry, you have to ask for a pair of shoes, God did not promise you, he said, can not give you a pair of shoes, but should give you a pair of socks." The boy's face suddenly smile Frustrated, disappointed eyes are full of puzzles.
Mr. Smith hurriedly added: "Don't worry, child, you listen to me to explain the words, each of us will be pleading with God in our hearts, but he can't give us good things that are ready, just like in the orchard of our lives. Everyone is pursuing fruit, but God can only give us a seed. Only by planting this seed into the soil and carefully caring it, can it bloom beautiful flowers, and harvest the rich fruits in the fall; Everyone is pursuing a treasure, but God can only give us a shovel or a treasure map. To get a real treasure, we need to dig it in person. The key is to believe that you can do it, be confident, and the future will be Bright, let me know, I also asked God to give me a shoe store when I was a child, but God only gave me a tool for making shoes, but I always believe in holding this tool and making good use of it. I can get everything. After more than 20 years, I have been a shoe-shoes, apprentice, shoemaker, shoe designer... Now, I not only have the most on this street. Hua’s shoe store, and has a beautiful wife and a happy family. Children, you are the same, as long as you take these socks to find the shoes of your dreams, never give up, never give up, then, surely one day, you It will also be successful. In addition, God also makes me especially jealous of you: He gives you something richer than anyone, as long as you are not afraid of failure, not afraid to pay!"
The feet were washed, and the boy took the socks that God had given him from the Smiths, as if he had caught a mission and took the store door. He walked a few steps forward and looked back at the shoe store. The Smiths waved to him: "Remember the words of God, the child! You will succeed, we will wait for your good message!" Head down, while walking in the depths of the night with a brisk walk.
After more than 30 years, it was another Christmas. When the Smiths, who had been over the ages, opened the door in the morning, they received a letter from a stranger, which wrote:
Dear Sir and Madam,
Do you remember the Christmas Eve more than 30 years ago, the young man with coal? He begged God to give him a pair of shoes, but God did not give him shoes, but with ulterior motives to send him something more expensive than gold and a pair of socks. It is such a pair of socks that activates the confidence and unyielding of his life! This kind of help is more important than any sympathetic alms. Give a pair of socks and let him find the shoes of his own dreams. This is your great wisdom. I sincerely thank you, kind and intelligent Mr. and his wife, who has found the most precious shoes for him with the socks you gave him - he became the first Republican president in the United States.
I am the poor boy.
The letter of the letter is: Abraham Lincoln!