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 and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a 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."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned 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 hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. "Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: "Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!" God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.
2007-08-30 08:35:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
I didn't write this, just copy and paste!
2007-08-30 10:28:56 · update #1
May the " brick " that gets our attention cause us to soften our hearts , open our minds & love our neighbours as God loves us .....
2007-08-30 09:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Oh, God! That’s a really wonderful story.. I feel my heart is shivering now... You suceeded, Farah, it delivered a message..
2007-08-30 17:18:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
THIS IS A GREAT STORY. Thank you for sharing it with us, God bless you. I hope that we have learned the lesson.
2007-08-30 16:42:40 · answer #3 · answered by Balsam 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
that was a good story , but he could have been more nice , this is a jag for God sake
2007-08-31 03:31:27 · answer #4 · answered by hasafer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God bless you, great story.
2007-08-30 15:42:10 · answer #5 · answered by robbie-5675 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What a beautiful story...it really makes you think.
Thank you, Farah!
2007-08-30 18:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
and when God throw a brick at us that means God love and remeber us ... allahu ra7man ra7eem .. nice posting
2007-08-30 15:40:23 · answer #7 · answered by RedWiNe 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
very good story thank you
rabena yebareklek
2007-08-30 19:29:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
wooooooow
Masha'Allah
this is a true good story...
we all get tought a leson if we rush in life...
2007-08-30 15:43:23 · answer #9 · answered by Zee MOOn MOOn 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
And so be it.
Thank you for the tender reminder.
2007-08-30 15:49:05 · answer #10 · answered by Zeera 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋