Today is a beautiful day

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.

I am blind. Please help

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.

I am blind. Please help.

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.‘ Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.

were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked:

‘Were you the one who changed

Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”

Actioneer Haymontee with a visual impaired girl in Baptist Mission School at Mirpur

Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Be Guardians in the Dark! Support them. Inspire them by telling: Let me be your eyes! Come, See with us :)

Dedicated to all known and unknown Actioneers who are working with visual impaired students ♥

 

 

(Theme is from unknown author)

 

About Sohaila Ridwan

Sohaila did Masters in Theoretical Physics and Bachelors in Physics from University of Dhaka. One founder and General Secretary at CommunityAction. E-mail: sohaila@ca-bd.org
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