Wait For The Brick
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 drove 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...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 his fancy 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 little 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: Listen to the whisper...or wait for the brick!
一个年轻有为的官员在就近的大街上开着他的美洲虎车, 不过车速有点快。当他觉得他看见什么东西时，原来是孩子们正从停着的车辆中间往外冲，他便放慢了车速。可是当他的车路过时，孩子们却一个也没有出来。突然，一块砖头砸破了他那辆美洲虎的车门！他猛地刹住车，然后把车开到刚才砖头扔过来的地方。这位司机很生气，立刻从车里跳出来，抓住最近的一个小孩，把他推到一辆停在旁边的车上。喊道："怎么回事？你是谁？"
"你到底要干什么？"
"那是辆新车，你向它扔砖头要赔很多钱的。"
"你为什么砸我的车？"
那个小男孩非常歉疚，"求求你了，先生......求求你了，非常对不起......我是不知道该怎么做才扔的，"他恳求道。
"没有人停下来我才扔砖块的......"
泪水顺着他的脸颊流到下巴上，那个小男孩向一辆停着的轮椅指去，说；"他是我哥哥。"
"轮椅在路边翻了，哥哥摔出了轮椅，我不能把他扶起来。"
他哭泣着，这个官员也被惊呆了。"他受伤了，你帮我把他扶回轮椅，好吗？他太重了，我扶不动他。"
这位官员一句话也说不出来，他努力把冒出的怒火压回去。他立刻把那个残疾的男孩扶回轮椅，拿出他的花手绢轻轻地擦拭着男孩的伤口。他瞥了小男孩一眼，告诉他没事了。
"谢谢你，愿上帝保佑你，"那个男孩感激地对这个陌生人说。
男孩的话让这个男人深受震撼，他望着小男孩沿着人行道推着他轮椅里的哥哥向家里走去的背影。过了好长一段时间，他才慢慢地回到他的美洲虎车里。车被损坏得很厉害了，但是这个司机却没有想着要去修车门上面的凹痕。他要保留那处凹痕来提醒他：生活不要那么匆匆忙忙，否则别人为了吸引你的注意力会向你扔砖头的！
上帝在我们的灵魂里私语，与我们的心灵讲话。有时候，我们没有时间去倾听，于是，他不得不向我们扔上一块砖头，而此时我们的选择就是：听他低语？还是等待那块砖头？
最后由 最懒的珊 于 2006-09-16 18:09 编辑
关键字:好文共赏
生词表:
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 drove 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...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 his fancy 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 little 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: Listen to the whisper...or wait for the brick!
一个年轻有为的官员在就近的大街上开着他的美洲虎车, 不过车速有点快。当他觉得他看见什么东西时，原来是孩子们正从停着的车辆中间往外冲，他便放慢了车速。可是当他的车路过时，孩子们却一个也没有出来。突然，一块砖头砸破了他那辆美洲虎的车门！他猛地刹住车，然后把车开到刚才砖头扔过来的地方。这位司机很生气，立刻从车里跳出来，抓住最近的一个小孩，把他推到一辆停在旁边的车上。喊道："怎么回事？你是谁？"
"你到底要干什么？"
"那是辆新车，你向它扔砖头要赔很多钱的。"
"你为什么砸我的车？"
那个小男孩非常歉疚，"求求你了，先生......求求你了，非常对不起......我是不知道该怎么做才扔的，"他恳求道。
"没有人停下来我才扔砖块的......"
泪水顺着他的脸颊流到下巴上，那个小男孩向一辆停着的轮椅指去，说；"他是我哥哥。"
"轮椅在路边翻了，哥哥摔出了轮椅，我不能把他扶起来。"
他哭泣着，这个官员也被惊呆了。"他受伤了，你帮我把他扶回轮椅，好吗？他太重了，我扶不动他。"
这位官员一句话也说不出来，他努力把冒出的怒火压回去。他立刻把那个残疾的男孩扶回轮椅，拿出他的花手绢轻轻地擦拭着男孩的伤口。他瞥了小男孩一眼，告诉他没事了。
"谢谢你，愿上帝保佑你，"那个男孩感激地对这个陌生人说。
男孩的话让这个男人深受震撼，他望着小男孩沿着人行道推着他轮椅里的哥哥向家里走去的背影。过了好长一段时间，他才慢慢地回到他的美洲虎车里。车被损坏得很厉害了，但是这个司机却没有想着要去修车门上面的凹痕。他要保留那处凹痕来提醒他：生活不要那么匆匆忙忙，否则别人为了吸引你的注意力会向你扔砖头的！
上帝在我们的灵魂里私语，与我们的心灵讲话。有时候，我们没有时间去倾听，于是，他不得不向我们扔上一块砖头，而此时我们的选择就是：听他低语？还是等待那块砖头？
最后由 最懒的珊 于 2006-09-16 18:09 编辑
关键字:好文共赏
生词表:
- hurriedly [´hʌridli]
ad.仓促地，忙乱地 四级词汇 - noticeable [´nəutisəbəl] a.显著的；值得注意的 四级词汇
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