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.
