Feeling Greatful
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.”
I wrote: “Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it.”
Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that 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.
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Hello Cragar!
that was an awesome little story! We should all be grateful for the things we have like hands to type with and eyes to see!
We live in such an abundant time right now and if we focus on the awesome things in life….they tend to multiply!
thanks for sharing that story.
Take care and God bless!
Lisa~
An excellent tale Cragar, the simple truths are often the deepest. Steve D.
Hi Steve, great little story. We should always try to think out of the box in our endeavors. This post reminds of a good deed and also just how important headlines are. Terry Conti