The Blind Boy

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 u

the one who changed my sign this morning?

What did u write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said

what u said but in a different way."

What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful

day & I cannot see it."

Do u think the first sign & 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.