Wet Pants

A nine-year-old is sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. This has never happened before. When he is discovered he will never hear the end of it from his classmates. 

The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays, 'This is an emergency! I need help now!"

 

He looks up and sees the teacher coming, the look in her eyes conveys he has been discovered.
 

As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap.
 

The boy pretends to be angry, but says to himself, "Thank you!"

 

Now, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of sympathy. He goes to his gym locker and puts on shorts while his pants dry out. The other children help clean up around his desk. 

The sympathy is wonderful . . . but the ridicule that would have been his has been transferred to someone else. Susie.
 

She tries to help, but is told to get out. "You've done enough, you klutz!'
 

At the end of the day the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" 

Susie whispers back, "I wet my pants once too . . ."

May your Faith give you the empathy and courage to realize opportunities to do Gods works.