Matt Busbice has earned millions of dollars in the business world. But the dollar he was given was worth far more than a buck. "I haven't had that much faith in humanity in a very long time," Busbice said of the incident in which he was mistaken for a homeless man, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boy-gets-shopping-spree-after-giving-away-one-dollar-kelvin-ellis-matt-busbice-louisiana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS</a>. The 42-year-old, who owns sporting-goods store BuckFeather in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was rousted from bed by a fire alarm. There was no fire, but he was wide awake, and so, in mismatched clothes, he decided to get a cup of <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/woman-pleads-guilty-husbands-hidden-cameras-catch-pouring-something-coffee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coffee</a>. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is America: 9-yr-old Kelvin Ellis was out with his father on Good Friday. He saw a man standing outside and tried to give him a $1 because he thought he was homeless.</p> Turns out the man was actually a millionaire entrepreneur!❤️🇺🇸✝️ <a href="https://t.co/1GMKfnajke">pic.twitter.com/1GMKfnajke</a> — Kory Yeshua (@KoryYeshua) <a href="https://twitter.com/KoryYeshua/status/1786156467352990093?">May 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Before entering the shop, he stopped on its patio to do his morning prayer. Enter 9-year-old Kelvin Ellis Jr. "And I started to slowly open my eyes, and there's a kid coming at me, about my height," Busbice said. Ellis had a fist clenched. Busbice was ready for trouble. Instead, Ellis <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/good-samaritan-reportedly-loses-car-performing-good-deed-community-rallies-help/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened his fist</a> to give Busbice a $1 bill. "And I go, 'What?'" Busbice said. "'If you're homeless, here's a dollar,'" Ellis recalls that he said. “I always wanted to help a homeless person, and I finally had the opportunity," Ellis said. The dollar, a reward for good grades, was all the money Ellis had. Busbice stayed in touch and later let Ellis have a shopping spree at BuckFeather that included a new bike. Ellis said he did not <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/inmates-recognized-good-deed-rushing-save-deputy-strangled-another-inmate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hand away his dollar</a> for a reward, but for "joy, because I helped someone.” "Give something away, and you feel like you've got a lot of things from it,” the 9-year-old said. “If you give, you’re actually going to get more out of that,” Busbice said, per CBS. “I couldn’t grasp that as a kid. And if we can spread that around, everything changes.” Busbice has a net worth of about $5 million, according to <a href="https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/business-executives/matt-busbice-net-worth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Celebrity Net Worth</a>. __________________________________________ This article appeared originally on <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/">The Western Journal</a>.