Brick

This was shared to me by a friend...and I was really moved by it. So I thought I'd post it up here to remind me from time to time the important lesson.

A young & successful executive was traveling down a
neighbourhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was
watching
for kids darting out from between parked cars & 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 & 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 & pushed him up against a parked car shouting,"What was that
all about
& who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new
car & 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 & 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 & fell out of his wheelchair & 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 & 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 & dabbed at
the
fresh scrapes & cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to
be
okay."Thank you & 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 tothrow a brick at you to get your
attention!God whispers in our souls & 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.