YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME IMPACT

One Saturday night, a construction worker was working late at a Church and decided to call his wife before heading home. It was around 10:00 PM, but she didn’t answer. He tried again later, and she picked up right away. They brushed it off as a fluke.

The following Monday, the worker was still on the job when received a call at the same office. A man asked why he had called on Saturday night. Confused, the worker explained he had meant to call his wife.

The man then said:
"I was planning to end my life that night. Before I did, I said, ‘If someone cares—if there’s a reason not to do this—show me a sign.’ At that moment, my phone rang. The caller ID said: THE ALMIGHTY."

The call had come from the Church’s office line, which was registered under THE ALMIGHTY.

That “fluke” became a lifeline. A life was saved.

YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME IMPACT

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE CHAPTERS  by Portia Nelson

Chapter I

I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost… I am hopeless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter II

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in this same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter III

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there.
I still fall in… it’s a habit… but,
my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter IV

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter V

I walk down another street.

A mason was laying bricks on a wall.

Day after day, he stacked them—one on top of another.

Most people walked by without noticing. To them, it was just another wall.

One afternoon, he placed the final brick. Suddenly, the wall wasn’t just bricks anymore—it was a shelter, a school, a place where lives would be changed.

That last brick transformed the work.

In life and on the jobsite, it’s the same.

One extra word.

One extra check‑in.

One extra act of courage.

That’s the brick that turns effort into legacy.

That’s the brick that saves a life.