Moral of the story...

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

Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first
sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told
people that 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.
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.
The most beautiful thing is to see is a person smiling.


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*Contributed by an email forwarded by my mom from our
dear friend Karen Tracy