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 spun the Jag
back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown. He jumped out
of the car, grabbed a 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?!"
Building up a head of steam he went on. "That's a new car and that
brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"
"Please, mister, please. I'm sorry, I didn't know what else to do,"
pleaded the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would
stop..."
Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he pointed around the
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." Sobbing, the boy
asked the 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 lifted the young man back into the wheelchair
and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking
to see that everything was going to be okay.
"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child said to him.
The man then watched the little boy push his brother down the sidewalk
toward their home.
It was a long walk back to his jaguar...a long, slow walk.
He never did repair the side door. He kept the dent to remind him not
to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to
get your attention.
God whispers in your soul and speaks to your heart. Sometimes when
you don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at you.
It's your choice: Listen to the whisper - or wait for the brick.
Author Unknown
