A
blind boy sat on the steps of
a
building with a hat by his feet.
He
held up a sign which said:
'I
am blind, please help.'
There
were only a few coins in the hat.
A
man was walking by.
He
took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat.
He
then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.
He
put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to
the blind boy.
That
afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were.
The
boy recognized his footsteps and asked,
'Were
you the one who changed my sign this morning?
What
did you write?'
The
man said, 'I only wrote the truth.
I
said what you said but in a different way.'
What
he had written was:
'Today
is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'
Do you think the first sign
and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs
told people the boy was blind.
But
the first sign simply said the boy was blind.
The
second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should
we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral
of the Story: Be thankful for what you have.
Be
creative. Be innovative.
Think
differently and positively.
Invite others towards good with wisdom.
Live
life with no excuse and love with no regrets.
When
life gives you a 100 reasons to cry,
show
life that you have 1000 reasons to smile.
Face
your past without regret.
Handle
your present with confidence.
Prepare
for the future without fear.
Keep
the faith and drop the fear.
Great men say,
'Life
has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction,
of
discarding evil and developing goodness….
In
the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear,
you
must have the ticket of a good conscience.'
The
most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling…
And
even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind
it!