The Five Million Dollar Cup Of Coffee
I was very good friends with Edmund Ezel. He worked at the Falstaff Brewery in New Orleans for 40 years. He told me a story about a cousin of his that was worth a lot of money.
Every time he saw his cousin, he would make it his business to be kind to him. Years passed by and he saw in the paper that his cousin had passed away. Edmund told me that he went to his cousin funeral. He knew that his cousin did not have any living relatives. To my knowledge I was the only cousin he had living. Edmund said that he was curious to find out to whom his cousin left all of his fortune.
There were very few people at the funeral. Edmund introduced himself to a gentleman standing near the casket.
The man introduced himself as his cousin’s attorney. The attorney told him that his cousin left all of his five million dollars to the Salvation Army. Edmund told me that he was shocked.
The Salvation Army Edmund said out loud in the funeral parlor. I am the only living cousin that he had left. I was always very nice to him. Why the Salvation Army?
The attorney said, your cousin told me that the Salvation Army was the only people that remembered him and his family during the 1947 hurricane. They lived out in the country. Everything was under water.
No one came out to check on them, except the Salvation Army. They rowed out in a small boat and offered him and his family a hot cup of coffee. He said that coffee tasted so good. The attorney said he never forgot that cup of hot coffee.
Edmund Ezel passed away a few years ago. One of his daughters called to tell me that her Father wanted me to do the eulogy at his funeral. I had never done a eulogy before. Right before I was to go up to the front of the chapel to give the eulogy, his daughter came up to me and handed me a cup of hot coffee. I asked what this for? She said my Father told me to give this to you right before you gave his eulogy. One good turns deserves another. How may I serve humanity with humility? What can I do?
Mike Marino, Jr. aka “In Person,” is the co-author of two books and a Distinguished Toastmaster who helps people fall in love with learning. He speaks and writes on the love of Knowledge is the root of all good!. To book Mike for your next association meeting, conference or corporate event, contact Mike Marino, Jr. In person 504 833 4405 or email marinojr@bellsouth.net Proud member of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau. All presentations are available in PowerPoint or Keynote.
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