✿ Story of a Blind Boy ✿

✿ Story of a Blind Boy ✿

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?

"It is He, Who has created for you (the sense of)
hearing (ears), sight (eyes), and hearts
(understanding). Little thanks you give." [surah Al-
Mu'minun; 78]