April 18, 2007

• I was sent his e mail and I thought of all of my friends here at Xanga who have been around to support me and comfort me in all the times that I needed you.  That is why I am passing this on to ALL  of you.  Thank you all for being my friends!

   

  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 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
  am a creative genius! Then he put a 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 hectic and
  when I come home, I do not 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. 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
  could not 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 took my
  life, and I asked you to forgive me. I was going to
  commit suicide tonight after you were asleep.
  I just did not 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. In addition, the young
  boy and his classmates learned a valuable lesson,
  
  "Who you are DOES make a difference".
  
  You are under no obligation to pass this on to
  anyone.... not to two people, or to two hundred. As
  far as I am concerned, you can forget it and move
  on. On the other hand, if you want, you could
  send it to all of the people who mean something to
  you, or send it to the one, two, or three people
  who mean the most.
  On the other hand, just smile and know that I
  think that you are important, or you would not
  have received this in the first place. Who you are
  does make a difference, and I wanted you to know
  that.
  
  Isn't this a wonderful story? I'm passing the blue
  ribbon to you, for who YOU are does make a difference, too.
  
  May GOD BLESS YOU. Have an awesome day, and know that
  someone has thought about you today!
  
  A prayer for today:
  Lord, Thank you for my friends and family who really
  do make a difference to me. AMEN

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