A rich man called to bless his friend but the friend's phone was off so he missed the call. Later he saw the rich man had called so when he returned the call, the rich man told him he needed to keep his phone on because he wouldn't know when somebody wanted to bless him. And the clean and sober rich man chided his friend, "And you need to stop drinking that alcohol so you can answer your phone!" The friend told the rich man where he would be working this day. The rich man asked how long he would be there? The friend said all day. The rich man said okay, I might come through. After a short time the rich man arrived with his wife and handed his friend a wad of money. The friend was busy with a customer and had other money in his hand so he didn't bother to count the bills from the rich man until he finished with his customer. It was a generous donation so he thanked the rich man for his generosity. The friend knew God/Allah sent this blessing because he needed to make a trip to visit sick relatives but the money he had was for other projects. Now he could visit his relatives. The rich man's wife so something she wanted buy from the friend but when they friend tried to give it to her for free, she refused to take it for free, instead she opened an envelop and gave him a small but generous donation. The friend asked the rich man if it was ok to accept this donation from his wife, after all, the rich man had been generous and the friend didn't was to appear greedy. The rich man said it was ok with him because it was her money, even though he had given it to her. He said they were going to a restaurant for dinner and would talk later. They departed.
Since he was blessed, he packed the items he was selling and departed home, first stopping by the grocery store for a few items to eat. As he was pushing the shopping cart down aisle, a young man came up beside him that he didn't immediately recognize and when he did, he refused to acknowledge he knew the young man who kept calling him unk, unk, unk. It was the rich man's son he hadn't seen in a long time and he seemed to have aged from the stress of life, even though his father was rich. The friend told the son he had something for him and to meet him outside the store. They arrived at the cashier stands across from each other. The son could see his "unk" handed the cashier a hunid dollar bill as she packed his bags. They walked outside and the friend went to his car to get a gift for his "nephew".The adopted nephew thanked his unk. Unk said,"So how you doing man, what's up? When you talk with your father? The nephew replied, "I talked with him last night." The friend said,"You know your father's rich, boy, you need to straighten up so you can accept your kingdom."
The nephew said,"Yeah, him and my mom be going on cruises every week!" The friend/unk repeated, "You need to straighten up so you can accept your kingdom! So how you doing otherwise?"
"Shit, unk, I'm flat broke." Unk reached into his pocket and handed his nephew fifty dollars." The young man thanked his unk and they departed. The friend thought about how many times the rich man had told him his son was an ungrateful bastard!
--Marvin X
4/13/19