The Effective Sign

Forwarded by Diacuy
Saturday, 14 November 2009 12:58 PM


A blind boy was sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet.

Beside him was a sign which says, "I am blind, please help."

There were only few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by.

He took some coins from his pocket and dropped them into the blind boy's hat.

He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.

He put the sign back with the new words on it.

Soon the hat began to fill up.

More and more people were now 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 replied, "I only wrote the truth. I said what was already written but in a different way."

I wrote, "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."

Both signs were telling that the boy was blind.

The first sign was simply saying he was blind.

While the second one was  informing people that they were lucky that they have eyes and that they can see what is around them.

Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story - Be thankful for what you have.

When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show that you have 1,000 reasons to smile.

It is nice to see a person smiling; and even nicer if you are the reason of making him smile!