A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: \u201cI am blind, please help.\u201d 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 recognised his footsteps and asked, \u201cWere you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?\u201d The man said, \u201cI only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way. \u201cI wrote: \u2018Today is a beautiful day; but I cannot see it.\u2019 Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign reminded people how fortunate they were to have their sight. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?<\/p>\n
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively. BE BOLD!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: \u201cI am blind, please help.\u201d 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-for-thought"],"yoast_head":"\n