Two signs – Different results

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.”

Both signs told people the boy was blind. While the first sign simply said the boy was blind, the second sign pointed the fortunate ones to their positive possibilities.

Moral of the Story:  Be thankful for what you have.  Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively. Invite the people towards good with wisdom.

 

Write a six-word motto for the USA

The fine folks at Freakonomics have come up with a contest where you, the hopeful author, come up with a six-word motto for the United States of America.

Here are just a few of the 1,230 mottos submitted:

  • Still Using Fahrenheit, Feet, and Gallons
  • “Land of the six word motto
  • All your oil belong to us
  • I Can’t Believe It’s Not Democracy
  • Some are more equal than others
  • stop me before I kill again
  • Everyone hates US; immigration way up
  • No, we still don’t like soccer
  • Can’t we all just get along?
  • Bold Leadership for a Brighter Yesterday
  • America….at least we’re not Canada
  • Your oil, our cars, we win
  • One Nation, Over Weight, Over Budget
  • Land of the Free (Just Kidding)
  • You’ll never have what we’ve got.
  • We know how to count!
  • Do you want fries with that?
  • This motto reserved for highest bidder
  • We don’t need no stinkin’ motto!
  • If you live here, you’re home.
  • What Your Country Can Do For You
  • God bless America! Starting with me!
  • One Nation. One God. Screw You.
  • Fatter, dumber, richer, and more free.
  • Like Ancient Rome, with flush toilets
  • Luckily, our parents left your country
  • Coming To A Country Near You!
  • Let Freedom Ring (void where prohibited.)
  • Made in America (with foreign components)
  • Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton? Deja Vu?
  • Say what you want. We do
  • Not that bad. Could be better
  • In God we trust. Uh oh
  • Our Vice-President Will Shoot Yours!

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