"Slow Down And Enjoy Life".

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, 12 cylinder 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 Jag 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 Jag. 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.
Some bricks are softer than others. Feel for
the bricks of life coming at you. In the
hustle bustle and the speed of life, are you
missing out the joys of the present
moments.
Slow Down And Enjoy Life. It is Not Only the
Scenery You Miss by Going too Fast….You
Also Miss the Sense of Where You are Going
and Why…