About ten years ago when
I was an undergraduate in college, I was working
as an intern at my University's Museum of
Natural History. One day while working at the
cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly
couple come in with a little girl in a
wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she
was kind of perched on her chair. I then
realized she had no arms or legs, just a head,
neck and torso. She was wearing a little white
dress with red polka dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking
down at the register. I turned my head toward
the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the
money from her grandparents, I looked back at
the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest
smile I have ever seen. All of a sudden her
handicap was gone and all I saw was this
beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and
almost instantly gave me a completely new sense
of what life is all about. She took me from a
poor, unhappy college student and brought me
into her world; a world of smiles, love and
warmth.
That was ten years ago. I'm a successful
business person now and whenever I get down and
think about the troubles of the world, I think
about that little girl and the remarkable lesson
about life that she taught me.
Source: Submitted by a Writer of AL-Islaah
Publications.
