
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 you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was: “Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and 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.
Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
Great men say, “Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness…. In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.”
The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling… And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!
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Nice one.
Good One.
Great one there! The positive power of great words.
The story is marvelous…
Nice
Just keep the good work up!
Lovely
Really a heart touching story.
Super stories…..
Story impressive and Power of words.
Good one and heart touching story.
Very good.
Lateral thinking always Works. Please read books of Edward De bono
Impressing.
I really learned from this story. It is awesome and marvelous. It changed my thinking to live a life with fun and confidence.
A very good and touching story… love it.
Superbbbbb
From this story, I have come to realize how important optimism is. I am also a blind girl. In the past, I used to feel depressed about my blindness. But, I know that I can feel things with my heart:)
The power of positive words…..
It makes me realize how blessed I am.. Beautiful one..
Wow! wow!!! It’s wow!!!!
Great story! Four thumbs up!!!
Great, you are doing a great work in spreading positivity in the society which is required the most.
What a heart warming story, it’s nice I like it.
Be thankful for what you have!!!!!!!
The positive power of words… really amazing! Thanks for sharing.
My heart teared listening to ‘today,,,,,,’
Now I have a million reasons to smile.
Short and sweet
I liked the story, realy heart touching.
It was nice.
Be thankful to God always 4 giving you sight without anything in return.
Nice one
Good job
Such a heart touching story.