“Random act”

One day a special child named Johnny was walking along Market Street. He looked at the ground and noticed a quarter. He quickly bent down and put it in his pocket. He knew that the quarter would help him buy a candy bar. You see, Johnny loved candy bars. On his way to the candy store, Johnny bumped into a man that lived on the street.

The old man pulled his back straight and said, “Young man do you have any loose change?”
Johnny shook his head up and down and reached inside his pocket to pull out the quarter that he found. As the exchange was made, the old man's wrinkled face lit up. His toothless smile warmed Johnny’s heart. Johnny leaned towards the man and gave him a hug.
“What’s your name?” the old man inquired
“My name’s Johnny, pleased to meet you!”
The old man thanked Johnny again and walked away.
Thirty years have now passed.
As Johnny routinely walked down Market Street, a young woman approached him.
She asked, “Are you Johnny?”
Johnny shook his head, “Yes, Why?”
“Can I show you something?”
Johnny agreed and followed her to her car.

Moments later, they arrived to a square, brick building. Inside a large active room Johnny saw many children a lot like him. Johnny was diagnosed as being mentally handicapped when he was a young child. The woman grabbed Johnny’s hand and led him to a back room. Inside this room there was a back wall full of pictures. As Johnny approached the gallery, his eyes caught one particular portrait. His memory took him back thirty years to Market Street and the old man. Johnny turned to the young woman as she was wiping a tear away from her eye.
She looked at Johnny and said, “He was my father and he told me one day a young man named Johnny changed his life. He took the quarter that he was given and committed to change the lives of others. He opened up this clinic to help special people just like you.”

©natemanthey