A successful young executive wasriding his brand new Jaguar down a neighborhood street when he noticed a kiddarting out from between parked cars. He slowed down a little but as heappeared near it, a brick smashed into his car’s door. He slammed on the brakesand drove back to the place where the brick has been thrown.
The furious man jumped out of his carand caught the nearest kid, shouting, “What was that all about? What the heckdid you do to my car? Why did you do it?”. The young boy was a little scared,but was very polite and apologetic. “I am sorry Mister. I didn’t know what elseto do,” he pleaded. “ I had to throw the brick because no one else would stopfor my call to help”. With tears rollingdown his cheeks, he pointed towards the parked cars and said “it’s my brother,he rolled off the curb and fell off his wheelchair and he is badly hurt. Ican’t lift him up.”
The sobbing boy asked the man, “Wouldyou please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He is hurt and he is tooheavy for me.” The young man was moved beyond words and tried to swallow therapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the other kid from thespot and put him back to the wheelchair. He also helped the little kid with hisbruises and cuts.
When he thought that everything willbe OK, he went back to his car. “Thank you, sir, and God bless you”, said thegrateful kid. The young man was too shaken up for any word, so the man simplywatched the little boy push his brother down the sidewalk. It was a long andslow ride back home to the man. When hecame out of the car, he looked at his dented car door. The damage was verynoticeable, but he did not bother to repair it. He kept the dent to remind himof the message; “Do not go through life so fast that someone has to throw abrick at you to get your attention”.
Moral: Life whispers in our souls andspeaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we do not listen to it, it throws a brickat us. It is our choice, listen to the whisper or wait for the brick.
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