A Compliment and a Pay it Forward!

The gentleman who owned the GSG 1911 I borrowed and returned via a mutual friend came to see me at work today. He said he was seeking me out for two reasons...
One was that he wanted to hear how his gun shot and was relying on my AAR to cut to the chase and clue him on some details that he might want to know before he gets to take it for a spin himself. (He landed in the hospital and won't be going to any range for a bit).
The other reason was to tell me how impressed he was at the care I took with his gun.
He told me that he's very picky about the way his guns are cleaned and doesn't loan them out as a rule...but when he occasionally does, he cleans them whether anybody else did or not. But not this time. He actually shook my hand when telling me that I did an excellent job in his book and he sure wasn't expecting it. He extended an open invitation to shoot any of his guns at any time because he can tell that I really take care of the things in my charge.
That felt good.
But...
Totally wasn't all on me. I owed the pay-it-forward compliment to Jay, who taught me what I know so far about how to care for my stuff. His things are well loved and cared for and it shows. I only hope that years from now, someone will think the same about the things I have loved and cared for...thanks to being taught the right way from the start.