I wanted to send this to all of you, for each and every one of you have made a difference in my life. Never think you dont touch others in the things you say and do. Even if I dont always show how much you have helped... you do. Every smile, every hug, every kind word.... they are not forgotten, by me, or the powers that be. Blessings upon each and every one of you.
A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her
seniors in High School by telling them the difference
each of them had made. She called each student to the
front of the class, one at a time. First, she told
each of them how they had made a difference to her,
and the class. Then she presented each of them with a
blue ribbon, imprinted with gold letters, which read,
"Who I Am Makes a Difference." Afterwards, the teacher
decided to do a class project, to see what kind of
impact recognition would have on a Community. She gave
each of the students three more blue ribbons, and
instructed them to go out and spread this
acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up
on the results, see who honored whom, and report back
to the class in about a week.
One of the boys in the class went to a junior
executive in a nearby Company, and honored him for
helping him with his career planning. He gave him a
blue ribbon, and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him
two extra ribbons and said, "We're doing a class
project on recognition, and we'd like for you to go
out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon,
then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can
acknowledge a third person, to keep this
acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back
to me and tell me what happened." Later that day, the
junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been
noted, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow.
He sat his
boss down, and he told him that he deeply admired him
for being a creative genius.
The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive
asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue
ribbon, and would he give him permission to put it on
him. His surprised boss said, "Well, sure." The junior
executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on
his boss's jacket, above his heart. As he gave him the
last extra ribbon, he said,
"Would you take this extra ribbon, and pass it on by
honoring somebody else. The young boy who first gave
me the ribbons is doing a project in school, and we
want to keep this recognition ceremony going and find
out how it affects people."
That night, the boss came home to his 14-year-old son,
and sat him down. He
said, "The most incredible thing happened to me today.
I was in my office, and one of the junior executives
came in and told me he admired me, and gave me a blue
ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine! He thinks
I'm a creative genius! Then he put this blue ribbon
that says, "Who I Am Makes a Difference", on my jacket
above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked
me to find somebody else to honor. As I was
driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I
would honor with this ribbon, and I thought about you.
I want to honor you. My days are really hectic and
when I come home, I don't pay a lot of attention to
you. Sometimes I scream at you for not getting good
enough grades in school, and for your bedroom being a
mess and snap; But somehow tonight, I just wanted to
sit here and, well, just let you know that you do make
a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the
most important person in my life. You're a great kid,
and I love you!"
The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he
couldn't stop crying His whole body shook. He looked
up at his father and said through his tears, Dad,
earlier tonight I sat in my room and wrote a letter to
you and Mom, explaining why I had killed myself, and I
asked you to forgive me. I was going to commit suicide
tonight after you were asleep I just didn't think
that you cared at all. The letter is upstairs. I don't
think I need it after all." His father walked upstairs
and found a heartfelt letter full of anguish and pain.
The boss went back to work a changed man. He was no
longer a grouch, but made sure to let all of his
employees know that they made a difference. The junior
executive helped several other young people with
career planning, and never forgot to let them know
that they made a difference in his life......one being
the boss' son.
And the young boy and his classmates learned a
valuable lesson, "Who you are DOES make a difference".
My little bundle of Joy!!
WAR EAGLE!!!
