An Inspirational Story
(Ms Ritu Sinha)
(Ms Ritu Sinha)
About
ten years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling
down a Chicago
As
his car passed, no child darted out, but a brick sailed out and -- WHUMP! -- it
smashed into the Jag's shiny black side door! SCREECH...!!!! Brakes slammed!
Gears ground into reverse, and tires madly spun the Jaguar back to the spot
from where the brick had been thrown. Josh jumped out of the car, grabbed the
kid and pushed him up against a parked car.
He
shouted at the kid, "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 my new Jag, that brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of
money. Why did you throw 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, mister," 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 young executive tried desperately to swallow the rapidly
swelling lump in his throat. Straining, 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 OK. He then watched the younger
brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.
It
was a long walk back to the sleek, black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE -- a
long and slow walk. Now, Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar.
He
kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to
throw a brick at him to get his attention.
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