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Inspirational speaker and writer Barbara Johnson tells this story:<\/p>\n\n

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The day had not started out well for a certain woman. She had overslept and was late for work. Then some things happened at the office that only contributed to her harried condition. By the time she reached the bus stop for her trip home, her stomach was tied in an intricate knot. As usual, the bus was late and packed, and she had to stand up. The bus started, stopped, turned left, then right, pushing and pulling her in all directions. The day wasn't improving even as it came to an end.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Then she heard a man's voice up front proclaim, "Beautiful day, isn't it?"<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Because of the crowd she couldn't see the man, but he continued to comment on everything the bus passed that added to his joy: a church here, an ice cream store there, a baseball diamond here, a library there. The atmosphere in the bus grew immediately more carefree as did the woman's heart. The man's enthusiasm was so winsome, the woman found herself smiling. When the bus reached the woman's stop, she worked her way through the crowd to the door. As she did so, she glanced at the "tour guide;a plump man, wearing dark glasses, and carrying a white cane. He was blind.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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As she stepped off the bus, she realized the day's tensions had disappeared. God had sent a blind man to help her see that, though things go wrong sometimes, it's still a beautiful world.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3454,3505,4092,4117,4303,4623,4633,5146,5147],"tax_ctp_topics":[378],"class_list":["post-50262","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-attitude","tax_ctp_tags-blindness","tax_ctp_tags-gratitude","tax_ctp_tags-happiness","tax_ctp_tags-joy","tax_ctp_tags-perception","tax_ctp_tags-perspective","tax_ctp_tags-thanksgiving","tax_ctp_tags-thanksgiving-day"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\nAttitude Adjustment - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/attitude-adjustment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Attitude Adjustment - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Inspirational speaker and writer Barbara Johnson tells this story: The day had not started out well for a certain woman. 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