The Brick

This has been sent to me at perfect moment. It has reminded me of
all that I have compared to all that I think I don't have. Please
read the story and enjoy it to the very end.

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 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!"

G~d 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. Thought for the Day: If G~d had a
refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your
photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring. He sends
you a sunrise every morning. Face it, He is crazy about you!

. G~d didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun
without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for
the tears, and light for the way.

Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...

If Grand Father brings you to it, He will bring you through it.