The Boy With A Balloon

A boy with a balloon was sobbing sadly at a corner of a street.

" Why are you so sad?"

" It is about my balloon."

" What is wrong with your balloon?"

" My friend Jonny got a white balloon, Jenny got a white balloon, Matt got a yellow balloon. Yet, I get a black balloon.  I am afraid that the balloon won't fly."

" Do you have helium gas inside the balloon?"

" Yes.  But my balloon is black."

" Why don't you release the balloon, to see if it will fly or not."

The boy releases the balloon, and surely, the balloon flies to the sky. The boy smiles.

" It is what 'inside' determines whether the balloon will fly or not, not the color of the balloon"

A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who said that it is the " character" not  the skin color that should determines the destination of a person.