The Blind Man
My good friend Peishan from TMS recently sent me this. And its refreshing.
One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a
hat by his feet and a sign that read: “I am blind, please help.”
A creative publicist was walking by and stopped to observe. He saw that
the blind man had only a few coins in his hat. He dropped in more coins
and, without asking for permission, took the sign and rewrote it.
He returned the sign to the blind man and left. That afternoon the
publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was full of
bills and coins.
The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was he who had
rewritten his sign and wanted to know what he had written on it.
The publicist responded: “Nothing that was not true. I just wrote the
message a little differently.” He smiled and went on his way.
The new sign read: “Today is Spring and I cannot see it.”
Sometimes we need to change our strategy. If we always do what we’ve
always done, we’ll always get what we’ve always gotten.
And remember too, sometimes it’s not WHAT we say, it’s HOW we say it!!
Chinese Proverb:
“When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it,
you have a moral obligation to share it with others.”
