Listen Or Wait
A young and successful executive was traveling down a
neighborhood street, going a bit to fast in his new Jaguar.
He was watching for kids running out from between parked
cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.
As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick
smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes
and reversed back to the spot from where the brick had been
thrown. He jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid who threw
the brick and pushed him against a parked car shouting.
"What was that all about? Just what the heck are you doing?"
Building a head of steam he went on. "That's a new car and
that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money!!"
"Please, mister, please. I'm sorry, I didn't know what else
to do!!" pleaded the youngster. "I threw the brick because
no one else would stop..." tears were dripping down the boy's
chin as he pointed around the parked car. "It's my brother,"
he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his
wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked
the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into
his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly
swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back
into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped
the scrapes and cuts, checking to see` that everything was
going to be okay. "Thank you and May God bless you," the
grateful child said to him. The man then watched the little
boy push his brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long walk back to his Jaguar ....a long, slow walk.
He never did repair the side door. He kept the dent to
remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has
to throw a brick at you to get your attention.
God whispers in your soul and speaks to your heart.
Sometimes when you don't have time to listen, He has to throw
a "brick" at you. It's your choice: Listen to the whisper, or
wait for the brick...
[ Author Unknown -- from 'Aiken Drum' (Aiken@AikensLaughs.com) ]
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