If you could have any wish come true, what would you wish for?
To meet your favorite celebrity? For a million dollars? For more wishes?
What about helping others? That's what one 13-year-old boy wished for when he was granted money from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
This inspiring story of generosity is one of the best things you'll read today.
The non-profit organization grants the wishes of children diagnosed with a critical illness.
It all started when a seven-year-old boy battling leukemia wished to be a police officer. His town of Phoenix banded together to make that wish come true!
Thousands of ill children have asked to meet the people they look up to most. John Cena, for instance, has granted over 600 wishes! That's more than any other celebrity in history! Such a nice guy!
“I said, ‘If you ever need me for this ever, I don’t care what I’m doing, I will drop what I’m doing and be involved because I think that’s the coolest thing,’” Cena explained to People.
"That’s the same gift I get in giving back to people’s lives, in being able to give them wonderful emotional moments," he continued.
But not everyone wishes to meet their favorite celebrity.
He was born with a rare blood disorder that required a bone marrow transplant.
In addition to his transplant being successful, he found out that he qualified for the Make-A-Wish foundation.
But instead of asking for a PlayStation or something similar, he wanted his wish to help others.
"I said, 'Are you sure Abraham? You could do a lot ... You sure you don't want a PlayStation?'"
"So, of course, we weren't going to miss an opportunity like that because we always tried to instill giving into our children," said Miriam.
This past September, the Make-A-Wish Foundation helped make the 13-year-old's generous wish come true.
Food and supplies had been donated from local businesses. "When the homeless people get the plate, some of them would come back and sing to us and thank us," he said.
"And my parents always taught us that it's a blessing to be a blessing."
The best part about Abraham's wish is that it's a long-lasting one. Make-A-Wish plans to help Abraham feed the homeless every month for a year.
Even when the year is done, Abraham has plans to continue feeding the homeless. He wants to create a non-profit called "Abraham's Table."
"If I was out there on the streets, homeless, I would want somebody at some point to think of me and to do something special for me. So, that's what I try to instill in my kids and we just try to pay it forward, by doing what we were raised to do."
H/T: CBS News
