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b'The Circus Phil 2:3\\xa0\\xa0 #nightlight #RTTBROS\\n\\nPhilippians 2:3 - Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.\\n\\nKatharine Hepburn\\u2019s childhood, in her own words.\\n\\u201cOnce when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus.\\nFinally, there was only one other family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression on me.\\nThere were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. The way they were dressed, you could tell they didn\'t have a lot of money, but their clothes were neat and clean.\\nThe children were\\xa0 well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their\\xa0 parents, holding hands. They were excitedly jabbering about the clowns,\\xa0 animals, and all the acts they would be seeing that night. By their\\xa0 excitement you could sense they had never been to the circus before. It\\xa0 would be a highlight of their lives.\\nThe father and mother were at the head of the pack standing proud as could be. The mother was holding her husband\'s hand, looking up at him as if to say,\\xa0 "You\'re my knight in shining armour." He was smiling and enjoying seeing\\xa0 his family happy.\\nThe ticket lady asked the man how many tickets he wanted? He proudly responded, "I\'d like to buy\\xa0 eight children\'s tickets and two adult tickets, so I can take my family\\xa0 to the circus." The ticket lady stated the price.\\nThe man\'s wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, the man\'s lip began to quiver. Then he leaned a little closer and asked, "How much did you\\xa0 say?" The ticket lady again stated the price.\\nThe man didn\'t have enough money. How was he supposed to turn and tell his\\xa0 eight kids that he didn\'t have enough money to take them to the circus?\\nSeeing what was going on, my dad reached into his pocket, pulled out a $20\\xa0 bill, and then dropped it on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any\\xa0 sense of the word!) My father bent down, picked up the $20 bill, tapped\\xa0 the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket."\\nThe man understood what was going on. He wasn\'t begging for a handout but certainly appreciated the help in a desperate, heartbreaking and embarrassing situation.\\nHe looked straight into my dad\'s eyes, took my dad\'s hand in both of his,\\xa0 squeezed tightly onto the $20 bill, and with his lip quivering and a\\xa0 tear streaming down his cheek, he replied; "Thank you, thank you, sir.\\xa0 This really means a lot to me and my family."\\nMy father and I went back to our car and drove home. The $20 that my dad\\xa0 gave away is what we were going to buy our own tickets with.\\nAlthough we didn\'t get to see the circus that night, we both felt a joy inside\\xa0 us that was far greater than seeing the circus could ever provide.\\nThat day I learnt the value to Give.\\nThe Giver is bigger than the Receiver. If you want to be large, larger than life, learn to Give. Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.\\nThe importance of giving, blessing others can never be over emphasised because there\'s always joy in giving.\\xa0 Learn to make someone happy by\\xa0 acts of giving.\\u201d\\n~ Katharine Hepburn\\n\\nOur Podcast, Blog and YouTube Links\\nhttps://linktr.ee/rttbros\\n\\nBe sure to Like, Share, Follow and subscribe it helps get the word out.'