This is not my story; it came over the net some eight years ago. It is one of my favourite short stories. From the moment I read it, it has never failed to inspire me to continue doing community service.
One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet and a sign that read:
"I'm blind, please help"
A creative publicist walking by, stopped to observed that he only had a few coins in his hat. He dropped a few more coins into it and without asking for permission, lifted the sign, turned it around, and wrote another announcement. He then replaced the sign by the man's feet and left.
That afternoon the creative publicist returned by the blind man and noticed that the latter's hat was full of bills and coins. The blind man recognised his footsteps and asked if it was him who had re-written his sign and wanted to know what he wrote on it. The publicist responded: "Nothing that was not true, I just rewrote your sign differently". He smiled and went on his way. The blind man never knew but his new sign read:
"TODAY IS SPRING AND I CANNOT SEE IT" ...
Sometime in our lives, we should pause to re-evaluate our mindsets to identify the positive potentials within us and use them to help and/or inspire others to help all beings in need.
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