Further Proof of My Reverent Crush on The Bal Shem Tov

I just read this really righteous thing tonight I wanted to share a bit of. Some of you probably already know this story and it's a bit on the long side, so I'll paraphrase. I just love reading Bal Shem Tov and I love, love, love schmaltzing out on the stories surrounding him. So, the story goes like this. The Bal Shem Tov and his peeps are sitting around one day in an inn when he tells this peeps to gather some booze and cake and asks the innkeeper if he can accommodate a wedding. The innkeeper agrees, and everyone goes to work preparing for this small but beautiful wedding. During this busy-work, the innkeeper mentions that he's short staffed, as a couple who usually work for him have gone into the nearest town to buy things for the home, as they are about to get be married. Meanwhile, the couple is in town and as they arrive, they see this family being dragged into the street because they can't afford to pay their rent. The family owes exactly the amount the young couple has saved to set up household. But, they feel giving the money to the family to be the right thing to do, and do, then return to the inn. The Bal Shem Tov tells them the wedding celebration is for them once they return. So, he performs their marriage ceremony and everyone celebrates and all is well. During the party, as people are giving their droshe geshank-– the little speech announcing and explaining the gift being given. The innkeeper gives them candlesticks, someone else gives them a pan, a dish, whatever, and everyone turns to the Rabbi, and he tells them he is giving them the estate and jewelry of the local Count and Countess. Everyone howls with laughter and the celebration continues. Suddenly, Besh"t tells the could to get into their carty-buggy-thing and split, giving them the cake and booze picnic and instructing them to head into the forest. The couple heads into the forest as all this snow is falling and they find a boy, on his way to freezing to death. The give him the schnapps and cake and help warm him and he tells them he is the son of the Count and Countess. Meanwhile, over at the Count and Countess' place, they're beside themselves. The boy's horse returned, but without the boy, of course. They dispatched servants to search but they all return without the boy. So, the Count declares he'll give the whole of his estate to whoever brings his son alive. The Countess throws in all of her jewelry for good measure, too. Guess who rolls up about this time? The couple, with the boy. The, the Count and Countess fork over the estate and jewelry to the couple. And so, the Bal Shem Tov's droshe geshank to the couple came to pass for the couple who'd given away their entire savings to save the needy family.

So, what are the points we take from this? Is it of the awe-someness of the Bal Shem Tov? Is it a lesson for us about the couple's willingness to be open to doing the right thing instead of turning away? Perhaps, at its bones it is that very simple message: That at any given moment, we can be presented, usually without any warning whatsoever, with an opportunity to make the mundane into something stunning, for Tikkun Olam, and opportunity to heal the world, but only if our eyes are open and eager for the opportunities. Discuss. And schmaltz out on him and other great Jewish minds here.