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The Brick
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 drove 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...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 his fancy 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 on 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: Listen to the whisper...or wait for the brick!
