“If you carry me up the stairs, I’ll tell you a secret,” said the sick Little Girl — the mechanic’s hair stood on end when he heard THIS…

“I promised you a secret, remember?” Tyler knelt down beside her. “I remember, Sophie. What is your secret?” Sophie glanced at her grandmother, who nodded encouragingly.
 
Then she leaned close to Tyler and whispered, “The secret is that grown-ups forget the most important thing.” “What is that?” Tyler asked, genuinely curious. Sophie’s eyes grew serious.
 
“They forget that love is not something you keep. Love is something you give away. And the more you give away, the more you have.”
 
Tyler felt something shift in his chest. This tiny girl, facing challenges he could only imagine, had just shared wisdom that many adults spend lifetimes trying to understand. “Where did you learn that, Sophie?” he asked softly.
 
“From being sick,” she replied matter-of-factly. “When you are sick, people show you love in lots of ways. Grandma takes care of me every day.
 
The doctor is always gentle. Even strangers like you help me up the stairs. It made me understand that love grows when you share it.”
 
Eleanor placed a gentle hand on Sophie’s shoulder. “Sophie has been teaching me this lesson too. Even when she is not feeling well, she always finds ways to help others.”
 
Over the following weeks, Tyler found himself thinking about Sophie’s secret often. He began paying closer attention to the small acts of kindness around him. He started visiting Eleanor and Sophie regularly, fixing things around their apartment and sharing stories about his work.
 
During one visit, Sophie was having a particularly difficult day. She was tired and pale, but when Tyler arrived, her face lit up with joy. “Tyler, I have been waiting for you,” she said from her spot on the couch…