Inspiring Story: Think Positively

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. 

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from 

his pocket and dropped them into 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. That afternoon the man 

who had changed the sign came to see how things were. 

The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you 

the one who changed my sign this morning? 

What did you write?' 

The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. 

I said what you said but in a different way.' 

What he had written was: 

'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.' 

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were 

saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. 

But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. 

The second sign told people they were so lucky 

that they were not blind. Should we be surprised 

that the second sign was more effective? 

Moral of the Story:

   

Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. 

Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Author: Unknown