Free Ticket

The other day when we were entering Disney World, an older women standing in line in front of us could not get her ticket to work. The ticket taker impatiently told her that the ticket was for the wrong day and that she would have to go to the ticket counter and purchase another ticket. The lady looked very confused and told her that she had just bought the ticket from the ticket counter a few minutes earlier. As the lady’s family, grandchildren and children, waited for her inside the park, the Disney worker continued arguing with the elderly lady.

We had an extra ticket, so Brock simply handed her a new ticket with no explanations. The older woman’s eyes grew big. After the ticket went thru with no problems, the lady as well as the Disney worker agreed that it was the nicest gesture they’d seen. Then, the lady quickly grabbed my hand and said, “You’ve got a great guy there.”

The timing was perfect. It was so satisfying to encounter someone that needed something and be able to fulfill that need so perfectly. I can assure you that nobody around us had an extra ticket, and judging by the Disney ticket taker’s reaction, nobody had ever so freely given a ticket to a stranger.

It didn’t cost us anything to give the women our extra free ticket. Maybe you will see someone in need of something this week and be able to fulfill that need. If you are able, do it, because it will be just as much of a blessing to you as to the one in need.