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Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times has written a heart-warming little story, "He's the Mowing Mailman," about letter carrier Eric Wills, who discovers that the elderly people on his route need some help. Here's the turning point:
Iron banisters flank the front steps of Jack's little blue house. Two summers ago, they were strangled with vines. To get the mail to the front door, Wills had to fight through a jungle.
The mailman didn't know much about Jack, except that he was old and seldom got out. A frail-looking girlfriend who didn't seem to speak English lived with him.
For weeks, the mailman struggled through the thicket, silently cursing the man who wouldn't mow his yard. One day, he heard a voice. His conscience? God?
Someone should mow that yard!
Me.
Note the very end, where DeGregory puts Wills' selflessness into perspective and ties the story together.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/11/Life/He_s_the_mowing_mailm.shtml