Three men once lived in a small town in
Texas. One was a musician, another was an
artist, and the other was a poor homeless
man. One day the artist was going to start
working on a new sculpture, but didn't
have the necessary tools to start. He went
downtown and saw a poor homeless
man. Because the artist was new in
town and got lost, he asked the homeless
man where the nearest art supply store
was. The homeless man told him that it was
the red and white building around the
corner. The artist looked at him and said
thank you. He gave the homeless man a ten-
dollar bill with the words "pass it
forward" written on the bill. The homeless
man took the money and said: "God bless
you!"
A few hours had passed, and the
homeless man started getting hungry. He
walked around in town, and saw a young
musician playing outside a cafe. The
homeless man sat down and started
listening to the music played by the
musician. A waiter from the cafe came
out and told the homeless man that he had
to leave, because he wasn't buying
anything, and other people wanted to sit
down and enjoy the music. The musician
saw this and told the waiter to leave him
alone and that he would like to buy the
homeless man something to eat. The waiter
looked at the musician and said okay. The
homeless man thanked the musician. After
he finished eating, he took out the ten-dollar
bill and gave it to the musician. The
homeless man left.
After the musician had finished playing at
the cafe, he decided to go to a local art
festival with his girlfriend. As they were
walking around and looking at all the
different paintings and sculptures, the
musician's girlfriend saw a sculpture she
liked. It was a young man helping out an
older man who had fallen down. She wanted
to buy it, but didn't have enough money. The
musician told her not to worry. He pulled out
ten dollars, and gave it to the artist. As the
musician and his girlfriend walked away, the
artist looked at the ten-dollar bill, and
smiled. "Well, look at that, you found your
way back home," said the artist.
