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A Good Big Brother Minute
Upon
graduation from college a few years back, a young man received a gift from
his older brother. It was a shiny brand new Corvette - the car of his
dreams! One morning as he approached the car he saw a young boy
about 11 or 12 peering through the windows into the
car. "Is this your car?" the lad
asked when he noticed the man. "Yes it
is!" the man responded. "Wow! This is a nice car!"
remarked the lad, "How much did it cost?" "I don't
know." answered the man. "It's your car, but you don't
know how much it cost?" exclaimed the young lad. "No,"
stated the man, "you see, my brother bought it for me."
"I wish...I wish...I wish" stuttered the boy. The man thinking
he would say, I wish I had a car like this. "...I wish I was like
your brother!" finished the boy!
Amazed at the
boy's response, he offered to drive him around the block. As they were
driving, the lad asked if he would drive him
home. Thinking he wanted to show off that he was riding in a new car to
his friends, the man agreed.
They drove
more than a few blocks to where the boy lived and as he turned onto the
street the man noticed that it wasn't the best kept neighborhood. The
houses were dirty and broken. He pulled up in front of the boy's house.
"Please wait," the boy yelled as he ran
into the house! "Oh, he's probably going to get his family to show
off the new car", the man thought to himself with a smile.
Then the front door
opened and out came the young lad. In his arms, he carried a small
crippled boy, probably about 5! The lad brought him out to the car, and
stated as he hugged his younger brother, "See, just like I told you!
It's a brand new car! And someday, I'm going to buy you one just like
it!"
How unselfish this
boy was...to be the kind of brother that looked after others first - to be
more concerned with helping than having.
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