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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 775658" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? </span> <span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">What did you write?"</span> <span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. </span><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">positively. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">Face your past without regret.</span><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling… </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">And even more beautiful, is knowing that you are the reason </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">behind it!!! <em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><em>If you appreciate this message, please share. You may touch </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><em>someone's heart today and forever.</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 775658, member: 1246"] [FONT=sans-serif] A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.[/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=sans-serif] A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into[COLOR=navy] [/COLOR]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. [/FONT] [FONT=sans-serif] That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were.[COLOR=navy] [/COLOR] The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? [/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] What did you write?"[/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way." I[COLOR=navy] [/COLOR]wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it." Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. [/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=sans-serif] Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret.[/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=sans-serif]Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear. The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling… And even more beautiful, is knowing that you are the reason behind it!!! [I] If you appreciate this message, please share. You may touch someone's heart today and forever.[/I][/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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