effective communication - face the future

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?

be thankful for what you have,

be creative, be innovative.

think differently and positively.

invite others towards good with wisdom,

live life with no excuse and

love with no regrets.

when life gives you a 100 reasons to cry,

show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile.

face your past without regret.
handle your present with confidence.
prepare the future without fear.
keep the faith and drop the fear.