Don't Wait For That Brick To Be Thrown

The Brick

A young and successful executive was travelling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown.

The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"

The young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother, "he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me." Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts.

A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. "Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message:

"Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!"

God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.

生命中的砖头

有一位开着新Jaguar的年轻总裁，经过住宅区的巷道的他被一个小朋友丢了一块砖头打到了车门。
他很生气的踩了煞车并後退到砖头丢出来的地方。他跳出车外 抓了那个小孩把他顶在车门上说：“你为什麽这样做，你知道你刚刚做了什麽吗？”接着又吼道：“你知不知道你要赔多少钱来修理这台新车，你到底为什麽要这样做？”

小孩子求着说：“先生，对不起，我不知道我还能怎麽办？我丢砖块是因为没有人停下来。”
小朋友一边说一边眼泪从脸颊落到车门上，他接着说：“因为我哥哥从轮椅上掉下来，我没办法把他抬回去。”
那男孩啜泣着说：“你可以帮我把他抬回去吗？他受伤了，而且他太重了我抱不动。”

这些话让年轻总裁深受感动，他抱起男孩受伤的哥哥 帮他坐回轮椅上，并拿出手帕擦拭他哥哥的伤口，确定他哥哥没有什么大问题。

那个小男孩感激地说：“谢谢你，先生，上帝保佑你。”

然后他看着男孩推着他哥哥回去。

年轻总裁慢慢地、慢慢地走回车上。他决定不修它了。他要让那个凹洞时时提醒自己。

“不要等周遭的人丢砖块过来了，自己才注意到生命的脚步已走得过快。”

当生命想与你的心灵窃窃私语时，若你没有时间。你有两种选择：倾听你心灵的声音或让砖头来砸你！重新思考着老问题：是否曾因为生活太快、太忙碌而忽略了我所爱的人。然后让他们开始怀疑起我是不是真的爱他们呢？