A stunning socialite humiliates an old college friend she meets up at a clothing store and ends up learning a valuable life lesson.<\/p>\n
Martha Levinson was beautiful, and she\u2019d used her beauty to smooth her journey through life. What she didn\u2019t realize was that beauty just isn\u2019t enough. After all, sooner or later beauty fades away.<\/p>\n
Arrogant and vain, Martha went out of her way to humble an old acquaintance, but Karma quickly turned the tables and taught the stunning socialite a lesson in humility and true friendship.<\/p>\n
Martha was having lunch with her wealthy fianc\u00e9e, John Kersnic when he received an urgent business call and had to leave. Martha finished her lobster salad and decided to browse through some nearby boutiques.<\/p>\n
One of the shops had a particularly attractive display and so Martha went in. To her surprise, the woman who walked towards her smiling pleasantly was an old acquaintance from college, Trishs. Trisha asked politely: \u201d May I help you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Martha remembered Trisha as a quiet, brainy girl who used to stay in and study for exams while she and her friends went partying, and yet here she was! A shop girl! Martha flashed her brightest smile: \u201cTrisha! Fancy seeing you here! Don\u2019t tell me this is where you work?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHello, Martha! Yes, it is\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Martha giggled. \u201cGosh\u2026 Who\u2019d have believed it! Magna Cum Laude, and here you are\u2026a shop-girl.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell,\u201d Trisha smiled, \u201cI suppose that\u2019s how the world works.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean\u2026Look at ME!\u201d And Martha gestured at her own splendid body and breathtaking face, \u201cI\u2019m just\u2026amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n
Trisha somehow kept smiling. \u201cYes, you are, Martha! You always were a beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHun, the secret is not to rest on your laurels! I admit I had a little work done, and I won\u2019t hesitate to do more if I need it.\u201d She peered at Trisha\u2019s face. \u201cI must say you look as if a little tuck would do wonders\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Trisha forced yet another smile. \u201cAnd so what do you do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo? I AM! I\u2019m engaged to John Kersnic, the real estate mogul, and I travel with him all over the world. He can\u2019t do without me\u2026 In fact, we\u2019re off to Bali tomorrow!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s wonderful, Martha.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to continue to be engaged, to have this wonderful life I give you, you\u2019ll forget about this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes\u2026Isn\u2019t it? I wouldn\u2019t wear any of these rags you have here \u2014 I only shop in Paris \u2014 but I do need a hat!\u201d<\/p>\n
Trisha called her assistant and asked him to take Martha upstairs to see the hats. She couldn\u2019t help shaking her head with distress over her old friend\u2019s attitude. She was sure that Martha was headed for a fall.<\/p>\n
Martha was trying on the summer hats upstairs, finding fault with each one, when a handsome man walked into the shop with a pretty blond girl on his arm. \u201cDarling,\u201d he crooned, \u201cYou just pick whatever you want, nothing is too good for my baby!\u201d<\/p>\n
Martha heard the familiar voice and walked to the balcony. She couldn\u2019t believe her eyes. It was John, with a much younger woman! \u201cJohn!\u201d she cried, running down the stairs, \u201cWho is this woman? What are you doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n
John was stunned to see her but recovered quickly. \u201cWhat are YOU doing here! I thought you were going home to pack for Bali.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martha was shaking. \u201cNo\u2026I was looking for a hat\u2026Who is this girl?\u201d<\/p>\n
John\u2019s patience snapped. \u201cNone of your business, Martha! Butt out\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut John, we\u2019re engaged!\u201d<\/p>\n
John laughed. \u201cYes, Martha, we are, and if you want to continue to be engaged, to have this wonderful life I give you, you\u2019ll forget about this. Here, do some more shopping.\u201d And John pressed a gold credit card into Martha\u2019s hands and walked out with the girl.<\/p>\n
Martha couldn\u2019t help it. She started crying. Then she felt a kind arm around her shoulders and a gentle voice comforting her. \u201cIt\u2019s ok, Martha, you are going to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I\u2019m not\u2026I can\u2019t leave him\u2026How would I earn a living\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Trisha said: \u201cYou don\u2019t need this man, and you don\u2019t need to allow him to treat you this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut\u2026I don\u2019t have a job, I never built a career like you\u2026I couldn\u2019t even get work as a shop girl like you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Trisha laughed. \u201cI\u2019m not a shopgirl, Martha, I own this store and two more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martha was blushing with embarrassment. \u201cI\u2019m so ashamed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cListen,\u201d said Trisha, \u201cI\u2019m opening another store, and I need to train someone as a buyer \u2014 someone like you, with a great fashion sense, and who is used to traveling to Paris and Milan\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Martha couldn\u2019t believe her ears. \u201cAre you serious? That would be a dream job!\u201d<\/p>\n
Trisha said, \u201cit\u2019s yours if you want it, but there is one condition\u2026\u201d Trisha handed Martha a pair of scissors and watched as she careful cut up every single one of John Kersnic\u2019s credit cards.<\/p>\n
What can we learn from Martha\u2019s story?<\/p>\n
1. Beauty isn\u2019t everything. We can\u2019t rely on our looks to make our way in the world \u2014 looks fade, the character doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
2. Be independent. Martha traded in her independence and her self-esteem for a lavish lifestyle, and in the end the price was too high.<\/p>\n
3. There\u2019s always a way. No one is ever stuck in a situation, however desperate it may seem. There\u2019s always a way out, and help often comes from where you least expect it.<\/p>\n
Share this story with your friends. It might inspire people to share their own stories or to help someone else.<\/p>\n
Any resemblance in this story to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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