Stopped By A Brick (Inspirational)

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Humble Pranams at the Lotus feet of Baghwan Baba

Stopped By A Brick About ten years ago, a young and very successful

executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was

going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, Jaguar XKE, which was only two months

old. 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 child darted out,

but a brick sailed out and -- WHUMP! -- it smashed into the Jag's shiny black

side door! SCREECH...!!!! Brakes slammed! Gears ground into reverse, and tires

madly spun the Jaguar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown.

Josh jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up against a parked

car. He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what

the heck are you doing?!" Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That's my

new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you

throw it?"

"Please, mister, please...I'm sorry! I didn't know what else to do!" pleaded the

youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!"

Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he pointed around the parked car.

"It's my brother, Mister," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his

wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked the 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 young executive tried desperately to swallow the rapidly

swelling lump in his throat.

Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his

handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything

was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the

sidewalk toward their home. It was a long walk back to the sleek, black,

shining, 12-cylinder Jaguar XKE - a long and slow walk.

Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent to remind him

not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get

his attention.

At times in our lives, we tend to become so wrapped up in other things. We

become focused on ourselves or our job we do not realize there are others

around us that need our help.

We can react in a negative way to a situation without fully realizing or taking

the time to look at the other persons situation, or to take the time to find

out the reason the other person has taken the action that they did.

- Author anonymous.

As Beloved Bhaghwan Baba Says "The hands that serve are holier than the hands that Pray "

Sairam

Sirisha & Raama