One young man was driving a shiny new Jaguar in a great mood, humming some tune. Suddenly he saw children sitting by the road. After he carefully drove around them and was about to pick up speed again, he suddenly heard a stone hit the car. The young man stopped the car, got out of it and, grabbing one of the boys by the collar, began to shake him and shout:
- Brat! Why the hell did you throw a rock at my car? Do you know how much this car costs?!
“Excuse me, mister,” the boy replied. “I had no intention of harming you or your car.” The fact is that my brother is disabled, he fell out of the stroller, but I cannot lift him, he is too heavy for me. We have been asking for help for several hours, but not a single car has stopped. I had no choice but to throw the stone, otherwise you wouldn't have stopped either.
The young man helped sit the disabled man in a chair, trying to hold back his tears and suppress the lump that had come to his throat. Then he went to his car and saw a dent in the shiny new door left by the stone.
He drove this car for many years, and every time he said “no” to the mechanics’ offer to repair this dent on the door, because every time it reminded him that if you ignore the whisper, a stone will fly at you.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru