Please -read this!

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 02-11-2015, 04:35 PM
2BNTV's Avatar
2BNTV 2BNTV is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 10,712
Thanks: 1
Thanked 133 Times in 60 Posts
Default Please -read this!

The Brick!!!

Read this today and don't delete it even if you are too busy!! You'll
see..

A young and successful executive was traveling 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.

Thought for the Day:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring.

He sends you a sunrise every morning

Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!

Send this to every 'beautiful person' you wish to bless.

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun
without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Pass this message to seven people except you and me.

You will receive a miracle tomorrow.


( just do it)!
__________________
"It doesn't cost "nuttin", to be nice". MOM

I just want to do the right thing! Uncle Joe, (my hero).
  #2  
Old 02-11-2015, 04:39 PM
kcrazorbackfan's Avatar
kcrazorbackfan kcrazorbackfan is offline
Sage
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: The Villages, FL
Posts: 3,473
Thanks: 237
Thanked 1,558 Times in 507 Posts
Default

Excellent post.
__________________
If you see something that’s not right, say something.
  #3  
Old 02-11-2015, 04:48 PM
tedquick's Avatar
tedquick tedquick is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 828
Thanks: 385
Thanked 137 Times in 68 Posts
Default

Hooray, 2BNTV. Too many of us just rush through life so quickly that we actually miss living. Thanks for a superb and well-needed reminder.
  #4  
Old 02-11-2015, 06:29 PM
GPGuar GPGuar is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 188
Thanks: 609
Thanked 64 Times in 36 Posts
Default

  #5  
Old 02-11-2015, 09:00 PM
folkh folkh is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: PA, Village of Springdale
Posts: 246
Thanks: 2
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default

What a beautiful post Joe, thank you!!! We all should take a moment and thank GOD!!
  #6  
Old 02-11-2015, 09:44 PM
justjim justjim is online now
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Illinois, Tennesee, Florida, Village of Caroline, Sanibel, LaBelle
Posts: 5,617
Thanks: 61
Thanked 1,297 Times in 535 Posts
Default

I like it!
__________________
Most people are as happy as they make up their mind to be. Abraham Lincoln
  #7  
Old 02-11-2015, 09:48 PM
philnpat's Avatar
philnpat philnpat is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Clifton Park, NY and soon to be Duval
Posts: 814
Thanks: 94
Thanked 16 Times in 5 Posts
Default

Would love to have that guy as a neighbor/friend.
  #8  
Old 02-11-2015, 10:27 PM
dotti105's Avatar
dotti105 dotti105 is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: The Village of Gilchrist, fulltime
Posts: 1,089
Thanks: 98
Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts
Default

Thanks for sharing this. It is a nice wake up call for many of us. We just get too involved in our life and often fail to see, really see, those around us.
  #9  
Old 02-11-2015, 11:16 PM
Lbmb24101 Lbmb24101 is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 497
Thanks: 2
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default

True and moving!
  #10  
Old 02-11-2015, 11:30 PM
Walter123 Walter123 is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 923
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

....
  #11  
Old 02-12-2015, 06:39 AM
bkcunningham1 bkcunningham1 is offline
Sage
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 4,484
Thanks: 26
Thanked 17 Times in 8 Posts
Default

Thank you, Joe. A nice reminder to start my day.
  #12  
Old 02-12-2015, 07:49 AM
Walter123 Walter123 is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 923
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Why seven people?
  #13  
Old 02-12-2015, 08:18 AM
chachacha's Avatar
chachacha chachacha is offline
Sage
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Hemingway
Posts: 2,566
Thanks: 0
Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts
Default

you got our attention, joe! beautiful post...thanks....
__________________
happiness is to joy as a light bulb is to the sun!
  #14  
Old 02-12-2015, 08:31 AM
graciegirl's Avatar
graciegirl graciegirl is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 40,004
Thanks: 4,850
Thanked 5,493 Times in 1,903 Posts
Send a message via AIM to graciegirl
Default

Another caring thought passed on by a very caring person.
__________________
It is better to laugh than to cry.
  #15  
Old 02-12-2015, 08:38 AM
Bay Kid's Avatar
Bay Kid Bay Kid is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: The Villages and the Northern Neck on the Chesapeake Bay, VA.
Posts: 5,401
Thanks: 1,627
Thanked 3,093 Times in 1,328 Posts
Default

A great way to start my day. Thank you
Closed Thread

Thread Tools

You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:54 AM.