A young and successful
executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in
his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting 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, he
jumped out of the car and ran back to the spot where the brick had been
thrown. Grabbing some kid he pushed him up against a parked car asking, "What
was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!!"
Building up 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. Why did you do it?"
"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 boys 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 welling 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," 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
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