The Brick in Your Life
A young and successful chief executive① was travelling down a neighborhood street,going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar.He was watching out for kids darting out from those parked cars and slowed down when he thought he had seen something.
Suddenly a child appeared,and threw a brick at the Jaguar's side door.The chief executive slammed on the brakes and reversed② the Jaguar to the spot from where the brick had been thrown 【1】.
He jumped out of the car,grabbed the kid and pushed him up against a parked car,shouting,“What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck③ are you doing?” He went on in anger,“This is a new car and repairing it is gonna cost you a lot of money.Why did you do it?”
“I'm sorry,sir.I didn't know what else to do!” pleaded④ the boy.
“It's my elder brother,” he continued.“He fell off his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.”
Sobbing,the boy asked the chief executive,“Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.”
Moved deeply by these words【2】,the young chief executive had a lump in his throat.He lifted the boy's elder brother back into the wheelchair,took out his own handkerchief,wiped the cuts.
“Thank you,sir.God bless you.” the grateful child said to him.The chief executive then watched the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a very long and slow walk back to his Jaguar.He did not repair the side door.Instead,he kept the dent to remind him not to go so fast in life that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.
Life wants to whisper⑤ to your soul and heart.Sometimes,when you don't have time to listen,life will throw a brick at your head.It's your choice:listen to the whispers of your soul or wait for the brick!