logging in or signing up a better way Nickel Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 119 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: August 09, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript THERE IS A WAY: THERE IS A WAY The Entertainer By Scott Joplin A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said:: A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. : A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. There were only a few coins in 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 will see the new words. : He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by will see the new words. Slide5: Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked,”Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”: The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?' That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a way.”: The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a way.' What he had written was:"Today is a day and I cannot see it.": What he had written was: 'Today is a day and I cannot see it.' Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? : Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind. : But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?: Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective? There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.: There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story. The first is, “Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help where you can.”: The first is, 'Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help where you can.' The second is, “Be . Be . Think . THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY!”: The second is, 'Be . Be . Think . THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY!' Slide15: Subscribe to: Feed-Your-Head Slide16: Check out more great forwards at You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
a better way Nickel Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 119 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: August 09, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript THERE IS A WAY: THERE IS A WAY The Entertainer By Scott Joplin A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said:: A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. : A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. There were only a few coins in 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 will see the new words. : He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by will see the new words. Slide5: Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked,”Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”: The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?' That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a way.”: The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a way.' What he had written was:"Today is a day and I cannot see it.": What he had written was: 'Today is a day and I cannot see it.' Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? : Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind. : But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?: Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective? There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.: There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story. The first is, “Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help where you can.”: The first is, 'Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help where you can.' The second is, “Be . Be . Think . THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY!”: The second is, 'Be . Be . Think . THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY!' Slide15: Subscribe to: Feed-Your-Head Slide16: Check out more great forwards at